In the heart of Scranton, Pennsylvania sits a tan brick building that holds the gritty, fascinating story of how rocks that burn built America. The Anthracite Heritage Museum might sound like a snooze ...

The moment you spot the unmistakable lighthouse towering above this landlocked maritime marvel, you know you’re in for something special – a place where fish and chips have achieved legendary status ...

Rio Tinto will shed about 180 jobs at its Yarwun alumina refinery in Queensland in another blow for manufacturing and the ...

Anglo in September announced an all-stock acquisition of Vancouver-based Teck worth about $20-billion. But the deal can’t ...

China’s Fenxi Mining Industry Co. Ltd has threatened to file arbitration proceedings against Kenya, alleging that the ...

A company wants to open a mine for metallurgical coal, used to make steel. But some worry about mine subsidence and its ...

The world has affordable renewable energy technologies with which to replace coal-fired electricity generation.

As world leaders and thousands of researchers, activists and lobbyists meet in Brazil at the 30th annual United Nations ...

A trustee of the National Coal Mining Museum has resigned due to ‘recent change in job and increased work commitments’, the ...

Mining firms are urging the government to revise the domestic coal price benchmark, arguing that rising production costs make ...

The Green Party will revoke any consents or permits issued under this Government’s new fast-track legislation for coal mining, hard-rock gold mining and se ...

For any one person formally employed in coal mining, there are 10 other people informally dependent on it for a living. As ...