The coal-producing areas of West Virginia have been traditionally defined as fields, each field corresponding to a given geographical location or region of the state. Our readers should note that a ...

5 Block coal is mined, mostly in eastern Kanawha and Clay counties. Development of the Kanawha Coal Field The Kanawha Coal Field is one of the oldest fields in West Virginia. The first commercial ...

Islamabad: Two miners have been killed when a coal mine collapsed in Pakistan‘s restive Balochistan province, the second mining disaster in the area within a week. The tragedy hit on Sunday in the ...

(WCYB) — A coal mining company with operations in Southwest Virginia has closed down, which could mean dozens of people are now out of work. Coking Coal LLC, which provides coal for use in iron ...

The death toll in a coal mine collapse due to a methane gas accumulation and explosion has left 11 workers dead after rescuers recovered seven more dead bodies, an official said. Twelve workers ...

Operators of a large coal mine in north central West Virginia have announced plans to extinguish an underground mine fire.

Federal prosecutors say coal companies in Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va.’s struggling business empire still owe hundreds of ...

West Virginia is home to the greatest number of coal miners in the country—14,014 as of 2023—which is roughly one-third of all U.S. coal miners. The aforementioned 42,600 coal mining jobs made ...

UPDATE: 1/13/2025, 10:30 a.m. PHILIPPI, W.Va. (WBOY) — A coal mine in Barbour County was evacuated early Monday morning after a fire was reported. According to a Andy Malinoski, spokesperson for the ...

Officials in Pakistan say rescuers have recovered the bodies of 11 coal miners who died last week after a methane gas explosion caused a coal mine to collapse in the country's southwest ISLAMABAD ...

Twelve workers were trapped when the coal mine collapsed in the Sanjdi area, about 40 kilometres from Quetta in the Balochistan province, on Wednesday evening.