The great workers’ resistance that erupted in the Zonguldak coal basin in 1965 was the result both of inhuman working ...

Rare earth elements are an easy-to-find, hard-to-refine resource critical for everything from magnets and electronics to ...

On June 12th, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced its intentions to roll back federal guidelines to investigate reports of potential ...

As the Trump administration pushes to expand coal mining, advocates warn that loosening regulations could put miners' health at risk. Justin Hicks of the Appalachia Mid South Newsroom reports.

BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Coal operators and those in the mining industry in West Virginia, Virginia, and Kentucky will converge on Bluefield this week for the 25th Bi-Annual Bluefield Coal and Mining Show.

Note to readers • This story was originally published by High Country News. In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, couldn’t find enough ...