An early-morning explosion deep in a coal mine in Ukraine on Friday killed 17 miners and left 9 others missing in a nation where poor maintenance and lax safety regulation make mining a perilous pr

Three miners were killed while four others injured in a gas explosion in coal mine on Tuesday, police said.

The socio-economic survey of underground fire-affected families of Jharia coalfield region, which was stalled midway over a rate dispute, is set to start again.

Rehabilitation and resettlement in-charge of Jharia Rehabilitation and Development Authority (JRDA) Gopal Ji said new rates had been fixed for carrying out survey work, which is likely to resume with Kujama area of Jharia within a week.

In the first comprehensive state report on the 2010 coal mine disaster in West Virginia, an independent team of investigators has put the blame squarely on the owner of the mine, Massey Energy, concluding that it had

Stunned relatives held a vigil on Wednesday outside a mine in northern Mexico where the fate of nine workers remained unknown after an explosion that killed at least five of their colleagues. Rescuers used picks, shovels and their hands to tunnel through dirt, wood, metal and rock in a frantic effort to reach the miners after an explosion on Tuesday at the mine in Coahuila State.

A number of amendments to the Mining Safety Act would be passed soon by Parliament to ensure safety of workers and greater accountability of mine owners towards them, Union Labour Minister M Mallikarjun Kharge said on Sunday.

The tribunal officer carrying out a probe into the Sorrange coalmine accident which claimed lives of dozens of miners, has directed officials of the Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) to present a report on the issue at the next hearing of the tribunal.

Methane gas explosions at a coalmine in the Sorrange area on March 20 had killed 43 miners and, according to officials, the mine h

Many work in unscientifically built mines, risking their lives
Javir Kumar, 14, works in illegal coal mines, each a

Dhanbad, Feb. 27: Barely 40 hours after a mine lift snapped at a BCCL colliery in Chandmari, the roof of another in Kumardubi, owned by Eastern Coalfields Limited, caved in killing one person today.

While pump operator Badal Bauri died on the spot, cable man Naresh Nonia sustained injuries.

Sardinata (Colombia), Jan. 27: An explosion likely caused by a methane gas buildup ripped through an underground coal mine in Colombia during a shift change on Wednesday, killing 21 workers, officials said.