Teck Resources Ltd. says it will take four to six weeks to repair damage at its coal drying complex at its Elkview mine in B.C. following a "significant pressure event" earlier this month. The incident was described by a union executive as an explosion that workers said resulted in a "fireball" shooting through
VANCOUVER - The union at a Teck Resources Ltd. coal mine near Sparwood, B.C., says it's concerned about worker safety following an explosion that knocked out the mine's coal drying complex last week. Alex Hanson, president of United Steelworkers Local 9346, says someone could have been killed
When then-presidential candidate Donald Trump visited the Pittsburgh area during his campaign, he consistently promised that the coal industry would be making a rebound. "Coal - clean coal, clean coal - we're bringing it back," Trump said at an April 2016 rally at the David L. Lawrence Convention
The fateful turn of events in Appalachian mining towns like Bobtown, isolated between craggy bluffs and wooded hills 70 miles south of Pittsburgh, illustrate the seemingly relentless downturn of the coal industry. While President Trump has offered some regulatory relief to the industry, market forces still
Mine workers affected by what's believed to be the longest lockout in Australian industrial relations history say they're willing to spend another six months on the picket line. Almost 200 miners who have not worked at the Oaky North coal mine in central Queensland for six months have vowed to keep voting
Shares in Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.A, TCK.B) (NYSE:TCK) dropped on Monday by 1.08% as reactions poured in following an explosion at its Elkview coal mine, located near Sparwood, British Columbia. What the company dubbed as "a significant pressure event at the dryer" took place Wednesday
NANJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Meng Hui began learning to play the trumpet at age 21, not for fun, but to earn money, after he lost his job at a coal mine in Mazhuang Village, east China's Jiangsu Province. Some 15 years ago, the village brass band offered him a job with a stable salary. He has continued to
Around the world, coal mining contributed historically to the industrial revolution and played an important part in the development of modern society. But many mines have since been closed in the UK and Europe. In the UK, this led to hard financial times and unemployment in many communities, including
VANCOUVER - The union at a Teck Resources Ltd. coal mine near Sparwood, BC, says it's concerned about worker safety following an explosion that knocked out the mine's coal drying complex last week. Alex Hanson, president of United Steelworkers Local 9346, says someone could have been killed
A welcome sign in the coal mining town of Sparwood, B.C., is shown on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. The union at a Teck Resources Ltd. coal mine near Sparwood, B.C., says it's concerned about worker safety following an explosion in the coal drying complex last week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff
The union that represents miners at Teck's Elkview Mine says it warned the company and province about a series of accidents and explosions. Now the United Steelworkers Union is demanding action before there is a fatality after several incidents recently at Teck's steel-making coal mines in the Elk Valley,
Unreleased full-year coal employment data from the Mining Health and Safety Administration shows total U.S. coal mining jobs grew by 771 to 54,819 during Trump's first year in office, led by Central Appalachian states like West Virginia, Virginia, and Pennsylvania - where coal companies have opened a
President Donald Trump pledged to revive the beleaguered American coal industry and put miners back to work. Coal production and exports ticked up in 2017, but mining employment barely budged and coal-fired power plants continued to close. The changes were largely due to market forces, not White
The Trump administration has been eager to prop up the US coal industry despite evidence that it's in a steep decline. But did it have much of an effect? Not really. Reuters has obtained preliminary Mining Health and Safety Administration data showing that there was negligible job growth in coal mining
U.S. coal mines recorded 15 workplace deaths in 2017 only a year after they hit a record low, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration data released on Tuesday. In 2016, just nine deaths occurred in U.S. coal mines. West Virginia mines saw eight deaths, Kentucky had two, and one each
As mining of coal depends on the depth and quality of the coal seams, different techniques are used to dig the deposits. Surface mining and deep underground mining are the two main methods of mining coal. Depth, density, and thickness of the coal seam are the factors that are taken into account while
A ?6.5m grant has been awarded to pump naturally-heated water from an old coal mine and use it to heat 150 homes. Bridgend council said the ?9.4m scheme would extract water from the former Caerau colliery. The cash is to develop and implement technology to pump water from a depth of 230m (750ft)
Unreleased full-year coal-employment data from the Mining Health and Safety Administration show total U.S. coal-mining jobs grew by 771 to 54,819 during Mr. Trump's first year in office, led by Central Appalachian states such as West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania - where coal companies have
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. coal producing states lost coal mining jobs in 2017, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew modestly, according to preliminary government data obtained by Reuters. ?-? Hide Transcript. ?-? View Transcript. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. coal producing states lost coal
An ex-coal company executive who went to prison for charges stemming from the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades kicked off his U.S. Senate bid Thursday evening, telling an audience he backs President Donald President Trump as a real opportunity for West Virginia. Ex-Massey Energy boss