MOSCOW (AP) – A methane gas leak at a coal mine in Russia’s far north triggered three explosions that ignited a raging fire and partially collapsed the mine, killing 36 people, officials said Sunday.

Underground mining accidents are rarely random. They tend to occur in predictable conditions: at intersections, around blind corners and in confined drifts where vehicles and people move through ...

Integrating Safety and Sustainability in Coal, Gold, and Surface Mining: A Review of Risks, Technologies, and Management Practices ...

TREMONT, Pa. (AP) -- A coal mine accident, possibly an explosion, killed a miner Monday, but five others escaped, authorities said. The incident happened 2,300 feet underground at the R&D Coal Co.

BEIJING -- A coal mine shaft collapsed in northwestern China, killing 16 miners, an official said Saturday, highlighting the persistence of safety problems in the industry despite a leveling off of ...

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Rescuers have retrieved four bodies and three people are still missing following a suspected coal and gas outburst at a coal mine on Wednesday in Southwest China's Yunnan province, local authorities ...

BEIJING, China -- A coal mine accident killed 22 people in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing, the city's news office said in an online statement Wednesday. The accident that took place ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday expressed his heartfelt condolences over the death of 16 people in a coal mine accident that occurred in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district.