All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2006 // Senate lawmakers in Washington reached a bipartisan deal this week aimed at improving safety at the nation’s coal mines, including increasing oxygen supplies for miners.Sens. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Edward Kennedy,...
May 3 2006 // A decrease in the rates charged to consumers living in Kentucky counties that participate in the Kentucky Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund has been announced by the Kentucky Office of Insurance in Frankfort, Ky. Due to this...
Apr 17 2006 // The chief proponent of a new law cited by Nevada in trying to block a mining industry watchdog group’s efforts to stop pollution from an old Nevada gold mine said that he didn’t envision the law being used that...
Mar 30 2006 // The chief proponent of a new law cited by Nevada in trying to block a mining industry watchdog group’s efforts to stop pollution from an old Nevada gold mine said that he didn’t envision the law being used that...
Feb 21 2006 // Coal mining, logging, firefighting represent just a handful of the dozens of jobs that spring to mind when it comes to dangerous work.Farming isn’t often one of them. But data shows agriculture is outpacing mining as...
Feb 5 2006 // The family of coal miner killed in a rock fall is entitled to increased death benefits because the company he worked for violated several mine safety laws, the Supreme Court has ruled.Ronnie Charles was crushed in 1999...
Jan 23 2006 // The Bush administration is reviewing safety equipment used in the nation’s mines after previously scrapping similar initiatives started by the Clinton administration.The agency that oversees coal mine safety is...
Jan 23 2006 // Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the recent tragedy at the the 260-foot-deep Inter-national Coal Group Mine in West Virginia, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will...
Jan 23 2006 // The family of an underground coal miner killed in a rock fall is entitled to increased death benefits because the company he worked for had violated several mine safety laws, the Supreme Court ruled last week.Ronnie...
Jan 22 2006 // Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the recent tragedy at the the 260-foot-deep Inter-national Coal Group Mine in West Virginia, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will...
Jan 21 2006 // Two miners were found dead in Melville, W.Va. Saturday, after an underground conveyor belt caught fire, filling the mine with poisonous fumes–19 workers were able to escape, but the two others were separated.Rescue...
Jan 6 2006 // The White House promised a full investigation of the West Virginia coal mine disaster that killed 12 people.Congressional Democrats called for hearings to look into both the safety record of the mining company and the Bush...
Jan 6 2006 // Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor brought out alive from the 260-foot-deep International Coal Group Mine, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will receive workers’...
Jan 5 2006 // The lone survivor of a coal mine explosion that killed 12 others has been moved to a hospital in Pittsburgh to undergo oxygen treatment, West Virginia University hospital officials said Thursday.Randal McCloy Jr. was in a...
Jan 4 2006 // Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 3 a.m. EST. News prior to then indicated that early reports were 12 miners in a West Virginia coal mine explosion had been found alive. Hours later, officials said that was...
Jan 3 2006 // A West Virginia coal mine where 13 miners were trapped after an explosion Monday was cited 208 times for alleged safety violations in 2005, up from just 68 citations the year before.Federal regulators’ allegations...
Aug 18 2005 // New York State Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills has named Randolph Mineo, a former police chief in Wilton, Conn., to head the New York Liquidation Bureau’s Office of the Inspector General, a new position.In this...
Apr 12 2005 // Zurich’s U.S.-based unit will provide political risk insurance for construction and operation of a modern silver and tin mining operation in Bolivia. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is co-insuring...
Jan 17 2005 // Legislation initiated by the Ohio Department of Insurance and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources that enhances insurance benefits for Ohioans living in counties affected by mine collapses passed the Ohio General...
Oct 26 2004 // A French administrative court under the jurisdiction of the national health service has ordered the owners of an abandoned asbestos mine in Corsica to pay compensation to 13 former miners and their families as a result of...