Ukrainian coal miner Andrii’s face lights up when he talks about meeting Oleksandr Usyk. “Wow!” the 36-year-old says in ...

When Tom Hartz was a young lad in the 1950s, dragline power shovels had pretty much replaced the hardy miners that harvested coal hundreds of feet beneath the earth’s surface. Still, growing up in the ...

Treasure Hunt' Letter Ends With the Discovery of a Rare Mineral A letter written by a coal miner in 1949 has led experts to a ...

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was in Ranchester, Wyoming, on Friday for the ribbon cutting to open the first U.S. rare ...

United States energy secretary Chris Wright joined Wyoming's top officials on Friday, for what they called a historic day for rare earth mineral exploration.

Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be opening soon but it won't rely on the fossil fuel to make money.

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

Federal officials are considering reopening vast areas of public lands in Wyoming and Montana to new coal sales. The ...

The elegant 72-year-old Russian put her hand on her heart as the verdict fell. Five and a half years in prison for posts opposing the war in Ukraine.

KY Sen. Mitch McConnell, I doubt coal miners will 'just get over' proposed Medicaid cuts that could close the hospitals they fought to build.

When the Trump administration took the first steps toward shutting down two major programs aimed at protecting the nation’s miners, the grassroots response was immediate, and vehement. And, it ...

When miners protested Trump’s move to shutter safety offices and a health program for black lung disease, his administration reversed course.