On November 20, 1968, an explosion occurred in the Consolidation Coal Company’s Number 9 mine in Farmington, WV. Early that morning the explosion caused flames and smoke to pour out of the mine ...

It is one of the worst industrial accidents in the state's history ... In Buffalo Creek, one of the Pittston Coal Company's coal slurry impoundment dams bursts, unleashing 175 million gallons ...

A memorial event for the 183 victims of the 1942 underwater coal mine disaster in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was held on Saturday ahead of the 83rd anniversary of the tragedy. Organized by a civic ...

Coal mining ... known as slurry leaked after a dam collapsed on December 24 following heavy rains, according to a statement from the miner, the Zululand Anthracite Colliery. The mining area ...

Coal mining disasters in the remote northeastern part of India are not uncommon.

Guwahati: Gauhati high court has taken suo moto cognisance of the rat-hole coal mine disaster at Umrangso in Assam's Dima Hasao district, which occurred on Jan 6, trapping nine miners. The court ...

GUWAHATI: Gauhati HC took suo moto notice of the rat-hole coal mine disaster at Umrangso in Assam's Dima Hasao district and gave the state govt until Feb 7 to file an action-taken report ...

He will be observed by hundreds of local residents and members of the Association to Engrave the Flooding Disaster of Chosei Coal Mine into History, an organisation dedicated to ensuring the ...