Rescue operations are on as more people are feared trapped inside the mine, police say.

MOSCOW (AP) – A methane gas leak at a coal mine in Russia’s far north triggered three explosions that ignited a raging fire and partially collapsed the mine, killing 36 people, officials said Sunday.

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Virginia and Tennessee had one death each, among the 19 miners killed on the job in U.S. coal mines, preliminary federal figures show. West Virginia led the nation in coal deaths in 2012, accounting ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The death toll from ...

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy holds the Meghalaya state government responsible for stopping illegal coal mining following a fatal accident. He confirmed no official government mines operate in the ...

GUWAHATI, India (AP) — An explosion ripped through an illegal coal mine in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya on Thursday, killing at least 18 workers and injuring another, authorities said.

The death toll in the East Jaintia Hills coal mine accident has reached 25. Rescue operations are ongoing, and two arrests have been made. The PM announced ex-gratia, while the state government has ...

A coal miner from Shangla was killed in an accident at a coal mine in Lakhra near Hyderabad, once again highlighting persistent safety concerns faced by mine workers across the country.The deceased, ...