MOSCOW, Russia — A devastating fire swept through a Siberian coal mine Thursday, killing 52 miners and rescuers about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, Russian news reports said. Hours after a ...

On the afternoon of 19 November 2010, an explosion ripped through the remote Pike River mine on the West Coast of the South ...

A funeral for victims of the recent mine disaster (epa) March 26, 2007 -- A Russian government safety agency says it has found "the most flagrant" violations of safety rules at a Siberian coal mine ...

Deep inside a remote peninsula sitting on the Arctic Circle, climate change is hurting the landscape. In a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists discovered mysterious ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead and sent 10 to hospitals, the ...

Grosvenor underground coal mine at Moranbah, central Queensland, last year the site of a month-long inferno, has been unsealed in preparation for workers to return. The Mining and Energy Union (MEU) ...

Editor’s Note: This article with a revised headline has been updated to include additional information from the developer and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy for readers.

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani mining official says a methane gas explosion in a private coal mine in the southwest has killed eight miners. Senior mining inspector Iftikhar Ahmed said two miners ...