All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 16 2017 // A central Florida man is suing a mining company that he says built homes over former phosphate mines and didn’t warn homeowners about health hazards. Lakeland homeowner John Jerue filed the lawsuit last week against...
Mar 7 2017 // Sompo Canopius AG announced that its heavy industry team has secured additional capacity for its mining cover from Travelers Syndicate 5000 at Lloyd’s.This takes full capacity for the mining portfolio up to US$30...
Mar 3 2017 // Authorities are investigating a miner’s death in McDowell County, W. Va., at an operation owned by Gov. Jim Justice.Patrick Graham, vice president for Southern Coal Corp., says a worker at its Bishop Preparation...
Mar 1 2017 // A federal appeals court has refused to rehear the case of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship in the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades.The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down the order Friday. In...
Jan 30 2017 // A group of affiliated coal mining companies will pay $4.25 million to settle two lawsuits that allege women were denied jobs at the firms because of their gender, federal officials said.The U.S. Equal Employment...
Jan 24 2017 // Indiana and several environmental groups are objecting to a plan by Peabody Energy Corp to exit its $8 billion Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing concerns over how the company will cover about $1 billion in future mine cleanup...
Jan 20 2017 // A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected former Massey Energy Co Chief Executive Officer Donald Blankenship’s bid to overturn his conviction and one-year prison sentence related to his role in a 2010 West...
Dec 30 2016 // Federal investigators have concluded that a worker crushed to death by a machine at a Kentucky coal mine earlier this year wasn’t wearing an emergency shut-off device, and that his managers had not provided a way to...
Dec 27 2016 // The nation’s coal mines are headed for another record low year in workplace deaths, and the outgoing federal mine safety chief said he’s hopeful that mining companies will work with the incoming Trump...
Dec 21 2016 // New data show many more coal miners across Appalachia suffering from the most serious form of black lung disease than federal regulators previously reported.National Public Radio reported Friday that its investigation...
Dec 7 2016 // The Navajo Nation has submitted a claim of more than $160 million in damages to the federal government over last year’s mine waste spill that fouled rivers in three western states.A cleanup team led by the U.S....
Oct 24 2016 // Brazilian prosecutors charged 21 people with qualified homicide on Thursday for their roles in the collapse of a tailings dam at the Samarco Mineração SA iron ore mine last November that killed 19 people.The charges...
Sep 19 2016 // U.S. coal miner Arch Coal has agreed to set aside collateral to cover future mine cleanup costs as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan, according to a court filing, ending its controversial use of...
Sep 13 2016 // U.S. coal miner Arch Coal has agreed to set aside collateral to cover future mine cleanup costs as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan, according to a court filing, ending its controversial use of...
Sep 2 2016 // Brazilian prosecutors are finalizing a criminal investigation into the Samarco mine disaster and expect to ask a judge by the end of September to charge employees, one of the prosecutors heading the case said.The...
Aug 30 2016 // The deadly collapse of a tailings dam last November at the Samarco mine, owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton, was caused by drainage and design flaws, a report into Brazil’s worst-ever environmental disaster showed on...
Aug 23 2016 // A $6 million settlement has been reached in federal court that will restore damage from West Virginia mountaintop removal mines.The Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy...
Aug 18 2016 // A leading U.S. coal regulator announced plans on Tuesday to toughen what it called “out-of-date” rules for guaranteeing mine cleanups.The Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement said it would start...
Aug 12 2016 // The federal government and state officials have reached a settlement with Chevron Mining Inc. that calls for $143 million in cleanup work at a Superfund site in northern New Mexico. The company will conduct a pilot project...
Aug 8 2016 // Peabody Energy Corp., the largest U.S. coal producer, reached a deal to cover mine clean-up liabilities while in bankruptcy with three U.S. states, court documents showed late last month.Peabody has benefited from a...