OpEd: To incentivize economic growth in our declining coal towns and prevent extensive pollution, what if our mines were ...

The coal-producing areas of West Virginia have been traditionally defined as fields, each field corresponding to a given geographical location or region of the state. Our readers should note that a ...

5 Block coal is mined, mostly in eastern Kanawha and Clay counties. Development of the Kanawha Coal Field The Kanawha Coal Field is one of the oldest fields in West Virginia. The first commercial ...

South Africa faces a daunting challenge with thousands of abandoned coal mines and billions in unspent rehabilitation funds. In Mpumalanga, home to about 80% of the country’s coal mines ...

A Division of Mining Reclamation and Safety study in 2018 identified 1,736 known abandoned coal mines in Colorado. A contractor hired by the state to examine them found 38 were actively burning or ...

Mining analyst David van Wyk says government needs to conduct audits of abandoned mines and ensure that the owners are prosecuted. He has warned that illegal mining will continue as long as abandoned ...

The state Department of Environmental Protection has $38 million in federal funds to plug certain oil and gas wells and is gathering public input on how to pick the projects. Thirteen people — some of ...

IRON COUNTY, Utah (WKRC) - A man fell nearly 50 feet into an abandoned mine. According to PEOPLE, citing information from the Iron County Search and Rescue, a man fell approximately 50 feet into ...

May 20, 2024 — A team of geologists analyzed 3,500 samples taken in and around coal mines in Utah and Colorado. Their findings open the possibility that these mines could see a secondary ...

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 ...