The Obama administration's push to reduce black lung disease by limiting coal dust in mines will begin to take effect on Friday.

An underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico that leaked radiation in February was cited by federal mine safety inspectors for dozens of workplace violations, almost all of which have been remed

Three years have passed since Deepak Nepali (Darji), 35, of Dhulabari, Mechinagar 1, was diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB).

China reported 23,152 new pneumoconiosis cases throughout the country in 2013, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the country's occupational diseases, China News Service reported.

Two coalminers died when poisonous gas accumulated in a mine in Dukkai area of Loralai district on Monday.

Gas leakage from blast furnace-GCP occurred at around 6.30 PM due to breakdown in a water pump.

JAIPUR: Call it a mere coincidence or another feather in the state's cap, but Rajasthan, one of the states plagued most by mining, has quietly thrown up a unique model to compensate mine workers af

Levis Strauss CEO Chip Bergh has revealed plans by the denim maker to explore whether its customers will pay a premium for more sustainable jeans, calling his brand the 'ultimate in slow fashion'.