All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 28 2013 // State inspectors have issued 45 violations at a West Virginia coal mine since two men died there earlier this month, including one for negligently rigging the switch on a hoist with a piece of wood and a rusty bolt,...
Feb 25 2013 // Private and federal mine safety inspectors can be held liable and sued when a negligent inspection results in the wrongful death of a coal miner, the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled in handing a victory to the widows of...
Feb 22 2013 // West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Wednesday asked coal companies to halt production for an hour to review safety procedures following the state’s fourth mining fatality in two weeks and the sixth since...
Feb 8 2013 // West Virginia regulators have revised a proposed rule that would increase fines for mine safety and health violations.The original proposal would have raised the civil penalties across the board. The revised rule filed...
Feb 7 2013 // Private and federal mine safety inspectors can be held liable and sued when a negligent inspection results in the wrongful death of a coal miner, the state Supreme Court ruled in handing a victory to the widows of two men...
Feb 5 2013 // State standards aimed at reducing buildups of explosive coal dust in underground mines but regulators haven’t been enforced in West Virginia.More than a fifth of the more than 5,500 dust samples taken from mines by...
Feb 5 2013 // “Resource nationalism, poor infrastructure that impedes development and supply chain disruptions are some of the biggest risks facing the mining sector in the year ahead,” according to this year’s Mining...
Feb 4 2013 // A rule that could toughen the limits on methane gas levels in West Virginia coal mines remains stalled as state officials debate both definitions and a timetable for implementation.The State Journal said last week’s...
Jan 18 2013 // Labor Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced a final rule to strengthen safety in the nation’s most dangerous mines.Solis said that the rule, which revises the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s...
Jan 2 2013 // A longtime mine inspector and safety official will now head such efforts in West Virginia, after Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin appointed Eugene White as director for the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training.White...
Dec 20 2012 // The Office of Mine Safety and Licensing is asking that an eastern Kentucky miner who reported safety violations be put on probation because he worked in unsafe conditions.Mackie Bailey faces a hearing in February with the...