A coal mine blast in northern China left at least 74 workers dead, the government said Thursday, marking the third massive coal mine disaster to hit China's disaster-plagued industry in recent weeks.

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A methane explosion tore through a coal mine in southern Siberia on Thursday, killing at least 38 people, emergency officials said, in the latest deadly accident to hit Russia's ailing mining industry ...

A highlight for Mining Journalism Training (MJT) attendees this year was experiencing a controlled live blast at Canyon Coal’s Mpumalanga-based Gugulethu Colliery. Menar’s MJT programme began with ...

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Blasting products and solutions provider Maxam Terra Solutions will return to the Investing in African Mining Indaba, where it will exhibit its range of explosives products at the International Cape ...

MOSCOW – An explosion and fire ripped through a mine in northern Russia, killing 12 workers, an emergency official said Friday. The blast occurred while workers were tunneling at a mine that belongs ...

EXETER – Sunday was a historic day for many football fans hoping their team would go to the Super Bowl. But, for Bob Wolensky, it was a day to remember what some call the second Knox Mine ...

Crews not expected to reach blast area where miners trapped for 24 hours. MONTCOAL, W.Va., April 6, 2010— -- A miner who survived the massive West Virginia mine explosion said he had to struggle ...

Following the passage of the Michigan House of Representatives’ budget proposal for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, opponents of a controversial mining project are slamming the plan for a $50 million ...