The longtime leader of the United Mine Workers of America, Cecil Roberts, is retiring. Roberts, a West Virginia native who has served as president of the United Mine Workers of America since 1995 ...

According to latest reports, 64 people were injured and 51 more died, including five mine rescuers. Two criminal cases have been opened into violations of industrial safety and negligence ...

Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. Timeline December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in ...

I joined the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), initially a three-year commitment, to support their gargantuan efforts to rid the planet of these invisible killers. Now, nearly a decade ...

MOSCOW, November 27. /TASS/. Carbon monoxide caused the death of mine rescuers at the Listvyazhnaya mine, which was rocked by an explosion, Russia’s Acting Emergencies Minister Alexander ...