Kentucky's ever-booming bourbon industry is making its way into the commonwealth's coal country. Brothers Wright Distilling Co. is planning to open in Pike County late next year, and ...

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have released estimates that U.S. coal ash contains 11 million tons of rare earth elements.

Miners in olden days used to bring canaries into coal mines because they reacted to the presence of deadly gases before humans did. Restaurant sales serve as modern-day canaries: They tend to weaken ...

A team of locals in Athens County is trying to make former mine land economically productive again. Instead of harvesting coal, they’re creating a community forest.

Deputy Minister of Investment and Downstream Todotua Pasaribu is targeting downstreaming coal into methanol to support the ...

Long-time leader of the United Mine Workers of America and Kanawha County native Cecil Roberts says he is concerned about ...

Kentucky House Bill 196 would let coal companies reduce the number of miners trained in basic first aid at smaller mines.

The Trump administration approved a plan to expand a Montana coal mine and extend its life by 16 years, the Interior ...

Craig native Clint Malvitz, a coal mining equipment operator for more than 20 years, loves where he lives and does not want ...

Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and a crypto mining company have agreed to speed the cleanup of the ...