The collapse of an 11-story coal mining plant in Martin County left two workers trapped under the rubble as crews worked to free them Wednesday. One of the workers has since been confirmed dead. But ...
LOGAN, W.Va. -- A coal treatment plant re-opened Wednesday, a day after a ruptured waste pipe spilled 100,000 gallons of coal slurry into two nearby streams, killing fish and raising concerns about ...
In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, killing 144 people.
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How a Coal Mine Flood Became a Deadly Disaster
In 1959, miners in Pennsylvania faced a nightmare when the Susquehanna River broke into an underground coal mine. Water ...
On this day 99 years ago -- May 27, 1925 -- the largest industrial disaster in the history of North Carolina happened near the county line between Chatham and Lee counties, a coal mine explosion that ...
A list of some recent fatal mine disasters around the world: — 2013: 83 workers are buried by a massive landslide at a gold mining site in a mountainous area of Tibet, east of Lhasa, according to ...
LOUISVILLE - In parts of eastern Kentucky, the recent pictures from Hungary - of red sludge that roared from a factory's reservoir downstream into the Danube River - are all too reminiscent of what ...
—1942: China’s northeast is the site of the world’s deadliest coal mine disaster when an accident kills 1,549 miners in Japanese-occupied Manchuria during World War II. —1906: A dust explosion in a ...
In February 2025, a waste pit at a copper mine operated by Sino-Metals Leach Zambia collapsed, releasing millions of gallons of highly acidic toxic sludge laced with heavy metals into nearby rivers ...
An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Monday marks the 65th anniversary of the Knox Mine disaster. The Susquehanna River flooded the mines, bringing an end to most coal mining in the Wyoming Valley. Mike Stevens ...
LONDON (Reuters) - A coal mine explosion and fire that has killed over 200 people in Turkey coincides with increased pressure on miners and utilities to drastically improve safety and environmental ...
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