Two coal mines today collapsed in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least 18 people and injuring six others, officials said. A mine in Marwar area near provincial capital Quetta collapsed due to gas explosion and about two dozen miners were trapped inside. Deputy Commissioner
(Adds JSW CEO, prime minister). By Marcin Goettig. WARSAW, May 5 (Reuters) - Rescuers were battling on Saturday to reach five coal miners who were trapped nearly one kilometre underground in southern Poland after an earthquake. The 3.4 magnitude quake hit the Borynia-Zofiowka-Jastrzebie mine
"The battle to secure justice for sick miners in South Africa is not over. We are working with Richard Spoor Attorneys to demand compensation from coal mines on behalf of former mineworkers who contracted deadly lung diseases in the coal mines," SACBC Justice and Peace Commission chairperson
JOHANNESBURG - Following the landmark agreement between lawyers representing miners and over 30 gold mining companies in the silicosis class action law suite, a group of catholic bishops say they'll now forge ahead with the fight for the compensation of coal miners. Bishop Abel Gabuza says
Gabuza said coal mining companies "should consider (an) out-of-court settlement and compensation levels that are sufficient to restore dignity to former workers". The SACBC intends to set up a mechanism in remote rural areas in the Free State and Eastern Cape to ensure that thousands of sick miners
An exhibition documenting the grime, friendships and tragedies of life in North East pits has opened. King Coal features paintings by artist and ex-miner Bob Olley and photographs taken at collieries in South Tyneside. Recorded interviews with miners over the decades also feature, as well as a video recreation of a garden
148 coal miners who lost their lives 131 years ago in the worst mining disaster in B.C. history are being remembered in Nanaimo Thursday. Flags on city buildings are being flown at half-staff to mark the anniversary of the 1887 tragedy. Explosions at the No. 1 Esplanade Mine in Nanaimo is still the second
Coal mining in the US is currently governed primarily by two federal statutes -- the 1972 Clean Water Act, which regulates discharge of dredged or fill material and other pollutants, and the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, which established operational standards to minimize the impacts of
US coal production is expected to dip 6 per cent in 2018 to 738 million tonnes, down from 1.17 billion tonnes a decade ago, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Ramaco's spending reflects its opening of five new coal mines in the past twelve months in West Virginia, Virginia and
The Ulan coal mine is situated near the town of Ulan - a small village approximately 20 kilometres from Gulgong - has been operating in the district
"Without the expansion, the mine is due to cease operations around 2020 putting hundreds of people out of work and creating massive economic pain in Oakey, surrounding areas and Toowoomba. "With the expansion, the mine will be able to produce 7.5 million tpy of coal for 12 years, providing more jobs
Overall, the U.S. coal industry increased capital spending in 2017 by about 27 percent, according to a Reuters analysis of filings from publicly-traded miners - a rebound from years of steep declines, targeted mainly at sustaining operations rather than expanding. Many individual coal firms have cut back
The continuous flow of dangerous pollution from B.C.'s Elk Valley coal mines into a Montana watershed is a top discussion item for Canadian and U.S. delegates convening at a bilateral meeting in Washington, D.C., Thursday. Selenium from five metallurgical coal mines owned and operated by Teck
Researchers from West Virginia University and the National Energy Technology Laboratory are working on a project aimed at extracting rare earth elements from the acid mine drainage found at various coal mine sites in the United States. Besides pioneering a new and less expensive method to recover
Marc Gasol stopped playing back-to-backs and J.B. Bickerstaff didn't say a thing. Gasol started sitting out certain fourth quarters and Bickerstaff didn't say a thing. Chandler Parsons was taken out of the rotation and Bickerstaff didn't say a thing. Tyreke Evans mysteriously disappeared for the season and
Australian coal miner New Hope's teetering plan for expanding its New Acland thermal coal mine in the state of Queensland was thrown a lifeline Wednesday. The Supreme Court of Queensland Wednesday ruled that an earlier decision be set aside and the proposal be referred back to the Land Court for
The Supreme Court in Brisbane has rejected a Land Court decision that had recommended scrapping the expansion of the New Acland coal mine on Queensland's Darling Downs. More than 60 landholders have been fighting the mine expansion, claiming it would ruin prime agricultural land. The Land
And, as Illinois data show, any rebounds in coal production don't guarantee that jobs will follow, hand in hand - especially in an industry where automation has, for decades, eroded employment more aggressively than any perceived regulatory "war" on coal. Last year, for instance, coal production in the
Village women like Halimah, in blue, now struggle to wash clothes in the shallow, murky stream. Photo by Yitno Suprapto/ Mongabay-Indonesia. Two hundred meters away from where she sat is a mining site operated by PT Seluma Prima Coal (SPC). Since the company arrived on the scene in 2015, the
FocusEconomics' April 2018 Consensus Forecast for Commodities shows a moderate downward trajectory for thermal coal in Q4 2018. Newcastle export prices are expected to drop to $88.00 a tonne because of new measures taken by the Chinese government to up production at domestic coal mines,