The collapse happened Wednesday due to heavy rains at the rebel-controlled Rubaya mines. Congo is a major supplier of coltan, which contains a key component in the production of smartphones.

A new Stanford Univesity study claims that a new kind of geothermal power could reduce dependance on coal and nuclear with no downsides.

A retired Wigan borough coal miner who survived a near-deadly pit accident is now helping keep the industry's history alive at the age of 94.

This specific iconography of subjugation — a bound captive struck by a weapon — has deep roots in Egyptian state ideology. It parallels famous early dynastic scenes like those at Gebel Sheikh Suleiman ...

Mettiki Coal will close its Mountain View Mine in Tucker County, idling 200 workers in April, parent company Alliance ...

“Mettiki has a long operating history, having been part of ARLP and its predecessor entities for nearly 50 years,” said Joseph W. Craft, III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We ...

Mettiki Coal will close its Mountain View Mine in Tucker County, idling 200 workers in April, parent company Alliance ...

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) ("ARLP" or the "Partnership") announced today that its subsidiary, Mettiki Coal (WV), LLC ("Mettiki"), issued Worker Adjustment and Retraining ...

Jessup resident Constance Denchy descends from four generations of anthracite miners. Denchy honors this history by using ...

Take-out Piggie/Holubtsi Dinner, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, sponsored by Sts. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Dinners may be picked up in the school hall, located at the corner of ...

Eric Lancaster, who has worked around the coal pits since the age of 14, is Britain's oldest mining museum volunteer ...

For the early part of its history, Brookfield Township, which was founded in 1799, was a rural community economically driven ...