TO) 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 vents in the sides
In 2017 Britain generated more electricity from renewable and nuclear energy than from gas and coal for the first time. Fossil fuels are in decline and coal's share of the electricity mix has dropped to less than 7 per cent, according to recent estimates from Carbon Brief, a website that monitors climate change
The Goulburn River Diversion - its name since 1981 when one of Australia's richest men, mining magnate Brian Flannery, was Ulan's project manager - is a long way from most places, but it is also a rallying cry for environment and community groups concerned about the legacy of Hunter coal mining on
Moody's Investor Service predicts that the US coal industry will continue a "sharp decline." That is, unless carbon capture and storage (CCS) is deployed. The technology involves capturing carbon emissions from power plants (and other producers), and then burying the emissions underground. Through
TO) 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 vents in the sides
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