In October 2025, Cecil Roberts will officially retire from his role as president of the United Mine Workers of America. A ...

BENGKULU, Indonesia — Yesi held her daughter Helda tightly, but the little one still shivered for days in the tropical heat over Teluk Sepang, a bay on Sumatra’s west coast. “Her cough hasn’t stopped ...

McCOY - Jimmie Price lost his uncle to a mine explosion in 1946 and nearly lost his dad in a roof fall, but he still loves coal mining. Most of all, he loves and hopes to help preserve the culture and ...

An avalanche of rain-loosened coal slag cascaded down a Welsh mountainside today, burying a school, shops and homes in this mining village.

WASHINGTON — Ah, the holiday season — a time for cheer, cookies, and laying by the fire. But for some kids, the most memorable part of Christmas morning might just be the ominous lump of coal sitting ...

Young workers brave dangerous, deadly mines, despite child labor laws. KHLIEHRIAT, India June 17, 2013— -- Deep in the mountains of Northeast India, the workday begins with a treacherous, ...