Permanente Creek project is part of a lawsuit filed by the Sierra Club; the fate of the quarry site is still undecided.

Rare earth elements are a family of 17 metallic elements with unusual properties that make them useful for specific ...

Even as President Trump vows to reinvigorate America's coal industry, critics say his administration has stripped away key health protections for miners.

Lithuania and Finland, which announced their withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, plan to resume production of these mines. They are also ready to become suppliers ...

The Eagle Mine review explains the causes of the mine's failure last year, and lists 50 recommendations for the future. But the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun says this review doesn't hold ...

The Siksika Nation is asking a judge to review the provincial government's decision earlier this year to end its moratorium on coal mining.

Two coal companies that sued Alberta over cancelled mining projects in the Rocky Mountains have reached settlements with the provincial government.

FLORENCE, Colorado (KCNC) — Crews tearing apart a 1.5-acre pile of coal mine refuse that has been smoldering for two decades recently uncovered a section which measured 300 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Microbiological methods are a new means of environmentally friendly and efficient methane treatment in coal mines. However, traditional microbial processes have a short action time and low degradation ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday that nearly $725 million in funding, including $74.2 million for Kentucky, will go toward cleaning up abandoned coal mines. The ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Coal industry officials said more than a thousand miners’ jobs are at risk this summer as demand for West Virginia’s steel-making coal tanks overseas.