Latest Mining Headlines
All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jury Awards $67M to Kentucky Miners Over Defective 3M Masks
Apr 30 2018 // Two former coal miners in Kentucky who claimed defective dust masks led to their debilitating black-lung disease were awarded $67.5 million in damages in their civil lawsuit. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that a...
Lawsuit Filed Against Mine Safety Agency Over 2010 West Virginia Mine Blast
Apr 10 2018 // A lawsuit filed by a West Virginia miner’s widow says the Mine Safety and Health Administration didn’t do enough to stop the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports Carolyn Diana...
Work Begins to Reopen Idaho Mine Following Settlement
Mar 14 2018 // A northern Idaho mine could be put back into operation following the settlement of a federal lawsuit against the mine’s owner. The Spokesman-Review reported a settlement agreement was filed Monday in federal court in...
Anglo American’s Ruptured Pipeline Is 2nd Mine Incident in Brazil in 2018
Mar 13 2018 // Anglo American Plc’s Brazilian iron-ore mine suffered operational delays after a pipeline ruptured Monday morning, the company confirmed by email. The good news is that no one was hurt, the company said. The...
Study: Black Lung Cases Among Appalachian Coal Miners On the Rise
Mar 5 2018 // A new research letter published in a medical journal details hundreds of cases of black lung disease in the Central Appalachian coalfields. Three clinics in southwestern Virginia identified 416 coal miners with the disease...
Coal Company Cited for Safety Issues in Wyoming Miner’s Death
Feb 16 2018 // Rocky Mountain Power has been cited with a safety violation for the death of a miner in September. Jaimie Olivas was killed in the Bridger Underground Coal Mine when part of a wall of coal collapsed on him. The Casper...
Study: Black Lung Cases Among Appalachian Coal Miners On the Rise
Feb 13 2018 // A new research letter published in a medical journal details hundreds of cases of black lung disease in the Central Appalachian coalfields. Three clinics in southwestern Virginia identified 416 coal miners with the disease...
University of Arizona Gets $1.6M Mine Safety Grant
Feb 9 2018 // The University of Arizona’s public health college and its mineral resources institute will use a $1.6 million grant to help improve mine safety training. The federal grant announced this week will be used to develop...
Underground Coal Miner Killed in West Virginia
Feb 8 2018 // Authorities say a coal miner has been killed at an underground mine in northern West Virginia. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training says the incident occurred shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday...
More Than 1,000 South African Gold Miners Rescued
Feb 5 2018 // All the miners who were trapped underground for more than 24 hours after a storm knocked out power lines supplying electricity to the Beatrix gold mine in South Africa have been rescued, operator Sibanye-Stillwater said on...
Investigation: Worker Killed in Iowa Mine Sought Crystals, Despite Warning
Jan 25 2018 // A federal investigation has concluded a worker wasn’t following safety protocols when he was killed last year in a limestone mine collapse in Iowa’s Scott County. The Quad-City Times reports a Mine Safety and...
PolyMet Secures $544M in Surety Bonds, Funding for Wisconsin Mine Costs
Dec 15 2017 // PolyMet Mining Corp. is offering the state a $544 million package of financial assurances to serve as an insurance policy to protect taxpayers from potentially having to cover the costs of closing and cleaning up a...
EPA Won’t Require Mining Firms to Prove Cleanup Costs
Dec 5 2017 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said last Friday it would not act on a proposal to require hardrock mining companies to show they can afford to clean up their sites. “EPA is confident that modern industry...
Miner Dies on Blackhawk Mining Property in West Virginia
Dec 1 2017 // West Virginia mining officials say that a 28-year-old equipment operator for a coal mining company has died. The Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training says the incident occurred about 3 p.m. Tuesday on...
Mining Jobs to Focus on Community Relations as Robots and Sensors Take Over
Nov 30 2017 // Some mines in the next decade will run without humans and instead rely on robots, virtual models and sensors, according to Anglo American Plc. Anglo is betting on technology, such as computerized drills with...
Investigators Probe Death of Miner at West Virginia Coal Processing Plant
Oct 25 2017 // State and federal investigators are trying to determine what killed a 48-year-old miner found Monday at a coal mining operation in Raleigh County. James Ray Adkins of Colcord, West Virginia, was discovered missing at...
Trump Nominee for Mine Safety Post Is Retired Coal Executive
Oct 23 2017 // The retired coal company executive from West Virginia chosen by Republican President Trump to oversee U.S. mining safety says his first priority is preventing people from getting hurt and that he replaced the managers of a...
Ex-Coal CEO Asks Supreme Court to Toss West Virginia Mine Blast Conviction
Sep 18 2017 // Attorneys for former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship have made a last pitch to the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out his conviction connected to a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 miners. Attorneys for Don...
West Virginia Miner Who Survived 2006 Sago Blast Dies on Job
Aug 28 2017 // A coal miner who died on the job in West Virginia was the brother of one of the 12 killed in the Sago Mine disaster of 2006. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that authorities identified the miner found dead Friday as...
CNA Hardy Appoints IMIU’s Fryer as Class Manager, Mining Specialist
Aug 24 2017 // CNA Hardy, a specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets, announced the appointment of James Fryer as class manager, mining specialist. Reporting to Lloyd Tunnicliffe,...
