Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of ...

Last month, the Trump administration nominated mining industry association executive Wayne Palmer to head MSHA.

This eerie town sits above a coal mine fire that has been continuously burning for well over half a century and has been ...

The Engineering News and American Contract Journal ran a story about the Pennsylvania Railroad in Schuylkill County in 1885. ...

The demand for coal is only growing, yet investors don’t seem to want to take advantage of the opportunity, says Rupert ...

We are an immigrant nation. Yet, there have always been problems associated with the newcomers. German-speaking people ...

The burning of anthracite coal requires appliances quite Afferent from those used for the burning of wood, or bitumin-)us coal, but the reasons for these differences, are not well un-lerstood by ...

The coal seams there supply thermal coal (coal that's burnt to run electricity turbines) and higher quality anthracite coal, used locally for the production of steel and other products that are ...

A North Korean ship believed to have been smuggling coal sank in February after colliding with a Chinese vessel, South Korean media reported Thursday. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign ...

LEBANON TWP. - The Lebanon Township Museum will host "Tracks Through Time: The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Then & Now" at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, March 22, at the museum at 57 ...

There are several types of coal, all of which have different qualities and uses. Anthracite is the oldest version of the rock, has the highest heating value of all ranks of coal and burns ...