Efforts to combat heavy metal pollution caused by abandoned mines in the UK's Upper Teesdale are gaining momentum, with an ambitious project aimed at improving water quality and restoring biodiversity ...

Coronado National Forest is looking for public input on its plan to close 57 abandoned mines in Santa Cruz County that pose safety threats to humans and wildlife. The mines are east of Interstate ...

The Kanawha Coal Field is the name used to describe a coal-producing section of West Virginia that includes the following counties, in whole or in part: Kanawha, Putnam, Mason, Clay, Boone, Lincoln, ...

KABUL: Rescuers on Sunday freed 22 miners who had been trapped for hours in a collapsed coal mine in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said, with no serious injuries reported.

Although aware of abandoned barite mining sites near his farm, he was shocked to learn from the chief – who had attended a seminar on the effects of mining – that the stream could have been ...

Conservation groups are cheering the passage of new federal legislation that aims to help local officials and environmental groups remediate abandoned mines that threaten the country’s watersheds.

Currently, 25 states have coal mining operations in place. The term “coal stock” refers to any company involved in coal mining, processing or burning. A company with a coal stock might be ...

Learn about Appalachian and Welsh post-coal societies and explore the ways communities in both countries responded socially, culturally, and economically to coal boom and bust cycles. Learn about the ...