Twelve West Virginians miners lost their lives 20 years ago today in one of the worst coal mining disasters in the state’s ...

At the 20th anniversary of the Jan. 2, 2006 Sago Mine explosion in Upshur County that left 12 miners dead, a competitive ...

The work life of the 37 miners who lost their lives in an explosion at the Robena Mine 63 years ago would still be all too recognizable to miners today, said Michael Phillippi. “I’ve listened to ...

Two people have been killed after an underground explosion at a mine in the Australian state of New South Wales. Emergency services were called to the Endeavor mine at Cobar, about 700km (435 miles) ...

November 19 marked 15 years since an explosion ripped through the underground Pike River Coal mine on the remote West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Twenty-nine workers were trapped in the mine.

A man from the Republic of Ireland has been killed in an underground explosion at a mine in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), according to RTÉ News. Emergency services were called to the ...

Fire was a perennial danger for new mining communities in the Tri-State District as mining camps made the transition from ...