All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2013 // Two miners were killed and 20 injured on Sunday in an accident at a silver mine in southwestern Colorado, authorities said.The cause of the accident at the historic Revenue-Virginius Mine in Ouray County, about 330 miles...
Nov 18 2013 // Rural neighbors of an abandoned World War II-era copper mine that has leaked toxic chemicals in northern Nevada for decades have won up to a $19.5 million settlement from companies they accused of covering up the...
Nov 11 2013 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by relatives of three men killed in the Upper Big Branch mine disaster who claimed that Alpha Natural Resources failed to pay them each $1.5 million as promised under a settlement...
Nov 8 2013 // Rural neighbors of an abandoned World War II-era copper mine that has leaked toxic chemicals in northern Nevada for decades have won up to a $19.5 million settlement from companies they accused of covering up the...
Oct 21 2013 // A settlement has been reached with the owner of a former asbestos mine in northern Vermont to help cover the costs of some pollution controls.Vermont Asbestos Group also has agreed to pursue $3.5 million in insurance money...
Oct 16 2013 // Lockton Companies announced that Matthew Gooda has joined its London operations as Mining Advocate, Senior Vice President. He will advise global mining clients on insurance and risk management. The bulletin said...
Oct 9 2013 // Federal regulators are urging U.S. coal companies to refocus on health and safety regulations after three fatalities in three days.The deaths in occurred last week amid the ongoing government shutdown. In West Virginia, a...
Oct 9 2013 // The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution to safety hazards at factories and the condition of nursing homes.Federal law requires...
Oct 4 2013 // Fewer than half of the inspectors with the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration are working during the continuing federal government shutdown, and they’re focused mainly on mines the agency already knows have a...
Jul 31 2013 // A southern West Virginia mine foreman faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to falsifying safety reports at four mining operations.Federal prosecutors say 36-year-old Craig Belcher of Bluefield pleaded...
Jun 17 2013 // A lawsuit against a western Kentucky coal mine accused of discriminating against black job applicants appears to be nearing a settlement.River View Coal, a subsidiary of Tulsa, Okla.-based Alliance Resource Partners, was...
Jun 11 2013 // An influential eastern Kentucky legislator owns the permits on Pike County coal mines that have repeatedly been cited by the state for safety and environmental violations. Rep. Keith Hall’s Beech Creek Coal Co. and...
Jun 3 2013 // Environmental activists say three reclaimed mountaintop removal mining sites are still polluting West Virginia waterways, and they’re suing the current landowners in a novel attempt to stop it.The lawsuits filed in...
May 1 2013 // As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp., lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit – and one that may be a test case for...
Apr 23 2013 // A University of Utah study had rejected a company’s claims concerning the cause of a 2007 collapse at Utah’s Crandall Canyon coal mine that killed nine people.The scientists presented findings of their research...
Apr 18 2013 // A massive landslide that halted operations at a major Utah copper mine last week was one of the largest in the history of open pit mining, an expert said this week.The assessment came after Kennecott Utah Copper announced...
Apr 16 2013 // Lawmakers in Lousiana are looking to prevent a repeat of the massive Assumption Parish sinkhole that officials say was caused by a collapsed underground salt cavern – and make sure prospective property owners know what...
Apr 8 2013 // As West Virginians marked the third anniversary of an explosion that killed 29 coal miners Friday, congressional Democrats called the lack of action on tougher mine safety legislation “shameful.”Gov. Earl Ray...
Mar 26 2013 // With five coal mining fatalities in West Virginia so far this year, Democratic U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall is renewing his push for tougher federal laws.He and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., are co-sponsoring a new version of...
Mar 18 2013 // Federal regulators and safety officials should consider requiring more backup air supplies and work to develop better breathing devices that would help the nation’s coal miners escape underground emergencies, a panel...