Light at end of tunnel for British coal-mining industry
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With lights twinkling brightly from their helmets, a group of miners emerge caked in dust from a deep coal-mine in the village of Cwmgwrach in south Wales.
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UK blue chips closed higher Thursday, reversing earlier losses, with higher commodity prices aiding the oil and mining sectors and investors encouraged by steady gains on Wall Street.
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A once-thriving coal mine in Yorkshire was closing down, leaving just nine deep coal mines in Britain, the pale remains of an industry that once employed a million people.
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By David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Sep. 12--Township supervisors in Robinson, Washington County, last night  unanimously approved construction of a coal-fired power plant, but not before  leveling criticism at officials of the company and state environmental  regulators.
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Like the big oil companies, the world&#39;s mining majors are experiencing an embarrassment of riches due to very high commodity prices. BHP Billiton is in the happiest position: it is both the world&#39;s biggest miner and has a substantial oil production ...
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The Meng brothers felt pretty good about their chances of making it out of the collapsed coal mine, until the sound of digging from outside stopped.
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Two miners trapped for five days by a cave-in at a Beijing colliery dig their way to safety, Chinese media reports.
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Wales' last deep mine, Tower Colliery, is set to close with a march of celebration
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Business & money: Blueprint to redevelop former MG Rover car plant unveiled by local authority leaders
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UK Coal, which has mines in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Coventry, announces profits for the first time since 2003.
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Construction on a major underground physics experiment reaches a major milestone at Cern.
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By Collinson, M E; Steart, D C; Scott, A C; Glasspool, I J; Hooker, J J  Abstract:  Qualitative and quantitative coal petrological analyses have been undertaken on the laminated lignite at the base of the Cobham Lignite Bed, from Sealers Hill, Kent, England.
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Lighting as we know it is about to change dramatically, and GE is leading the way.
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The long boom that has sustained the Labour Party in power may be winding down, but the landing is unlikely to be hard
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Protesters and negotiators in Bangladesh have agreed a deal over a controversial coal mine project, the BBC learns.
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At least 56 miners were killed in a coal mine gas explosion in China last night that left another 92 missing. There is only a slim chance that those missing after the blast, at the Daping mine in Henan province
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9.15am: The BBC has closed a Â£2bn deal with Siemens Business Services for the contracting out of its technology wing. The ten-year Technology Framework Contract, approved by the government, will see the corporation save an estimated Â£30m a year.