The Biden administration announced on Dec. 20 that $1.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will go toward ...

The Biden administration has committed $22 million to reclaim abandoned coal mines in Southwest Virginia, the New River ...

Mining activity ceased at the site in the early 1900’s, but the coal still left in the ground has been burning ever since.

This community of about 1,000 was doomed when a garbage fire ignited abandoned coal mines that ran right under the town. Despite every effort to extinguish it, the fire has been burning since 1962.

The efforts to rescue coal miners trapped for eight days in Assam's abandoned quarry seem bleak, despite continuous ...

Authorities in Assam's Dima Hasao district seal rat-hole mines and seize equipment following a tragic flooding incident.

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine STILFONTEIN, South Africa -- Rescuers and volunteers have pulled ...

Assam Jatiya Parishad urges PM Modi to take action against illegal rat-hole mining, highlighting government officials' ...

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Rescue operations, assisted by agencies including the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force ...

Rescue operations at a flooded coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district continued for the seventh day on Sunday to locate ...

Opposition parties have raised concerns about how illegal mining activities could have been conducted without the knowledge ...