Let's find all the coal, say mining experts
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Blog: U.S. government asked to do more research on coal
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SYLVESTER, W., Virginia  - After three years of training with Massey Coal Co's award-winning mine rescue team, Jeremy McClung, 28, has advice for regulators struggling to make America's coal mines safer.
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A major investigation is underway in New Caledonia to find out where asbestos, blamed for an unusually high rate of lung cancer on the French Pacific island territory, occurs in the environment.
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The old Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills will be the perfect spot for scientists to conduct deep underground experiments into the history and makeup of the universe.
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SYDNEY Xstrata, the world&#39;s biggest exporter of power-station coal, offered 7.4 billion Australian dollars, or $5.5 billion, for WMC Resources on Thursday to add nickel and copper mines to its portfolio.
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The world's geologists are to bring together all their maps, producing the first truly global resource on rocks.
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BEIJING  -- Gas explosions in two different regions of China have killed more than 50 coalminers, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, the latest fatalities to hit the world's deadliest mining industry.
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Russian geologists say they have data that would support a claim to a huge energy-rich area in the Arctic.
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By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 9--Utah Mining Association President David Litvin looked at displays  for a proposed surface coal mine southwest of Bryce Canyon National Park and  saw a solution to the country's increasing demand for electricity.
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CENTRALIA, Pennsylvania  - Mayor John Lokitis sits peaceably in his living room, portraits of coal miners from his family adorning the walls. A coal-burning stove from the 1940s pushes back the freezing air.
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Millions of pounds are on offer for the best way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Millions of pounds are on offer for   the person who comes up with the best way of removing large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Rock scientists from across the world  will start next week to put together the first geological map  of earth in a bid to better understand the planet.
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Mining: British mining giant Rio Tinto will spend at least $200 million and perhaps as much as $2 billion - on drilling for a copper ore body in Superior.
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The location of a $1.8 billion pollution-free coal plant research project is to be announced on Tuesday
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China's snow-stricken railways  were creaking back into action on Friday, but with power cuts  still crippling swathes of the country, President Hu Jintao  visited a coal mine and urged workers to boost production.
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Mountaintop mining is the controversial practice of excavating coal using explosives to rupture mountaintops. At least 800 square miles of mountains have been leveled in the Appalachians, and 1,200 miles of streams buried by debris. Opponents say the procedure leaves locals vulnerable to floods and sickness aggravated by pollution.