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Inspections Uncover Serious Safety Violations; 6 Kentucky Mines Closed
May 10 2010 // Hundreds of serious violations were discovered at 57 troubled U.S. coal mines during surprise inspections just days after the nation’s worst coal mining disaster in 40 years, federal regulators said recently. Six...
West Virginia Mulls Second Mine Inspection Agency
May 7 2010 // West Virginia is mulling a new state agency dedicated to policing dangerous coal mines in response to an explosion that killed 29 men at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine. The state Board of Coal Mine Health and...
2 Miners Missing After Kentucky Coal Mine Roof Collapse
Apr 30 2010 // Two miners were missing Thursday and rescuers were unable to contact them after a roof collapsed in a large underground coal mine in western Kentucky, company and union officials said. Rescue crews were in the mine on...
More Investors Suing Massey Directors Over West Virginia Mine Tragedy
Apr 30 2010 // Institutional investors are continuing to target Massey Energy’s board of directors over an explosion that killed 29 coal miners earlier this month. The New Jersey Building Laborers Pension Fund blames Chairman Don...
Massey Says West Virginia Mine Was Clear of Gases Before Explosion
Apr 28 2010 // Air samples did not show high levels of explosive gases just before an explosion in a West Virginia coal mine that killed 29 workers, and what caused the disaster remains unknown, the mine’s owner said. Massey Energy...
Relatives of West Virginia Mine Blast Victims Will Be Compensated
Apr 27 2010 // Massey Energy says it will provide financial packages providing health care and other benefits for the families of 29 miners killed in the nation’s worst mining disaster in 40 years. Massey officials announced Monday...
Safety Violations Found at Massey Mines Since Blast
Apr 20 2010 // Federal inspectors have found more than 60 serious safety violations at Massey Energy operations since the explosion that killed 29 miners, adding to fallout from the disaster that includes a wrongful death lawsuit by one...
Families of 2 Maryland Miners File Wrongful Death Suit
Apr 20 2010 // The families of two western Maryland coal miners who died in a 2007 highwall collapse near Barton are seeking $8 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The families of Dale Jones and Michael Wilt filed the complaint Thursday...
Investor Suit Targets Massey Directors, Execs Over West Virginia Mine Blast
Apr 19 2010 // A trust fund that invests in Massey Energy wants the board of directors and top executives held personally accountable for the recent explosion that killed 29 coal miners. The Manville Personal Injury Trust sued last week...
Massey Officials Meeting with West Virginia Miners’ Families on Benefits
Apr 16 2010 // Massey Energy Co. said its officials are meeting with families of the 29 miners killed the April 5 blast at its Upper Big Branch mine to describe the benefits the firm will provide them and denied it was trying to stave...
West Virginia Mine Panel Seeks Greater Role in Massey Investigation
Apr 14 2010 // The West Virginia panel that writes mining safety rules wants to join state and federal inspectors underground as they work to figure out what caused last week’s explosion that killed 29 men. Typically, the state...
West Virginia Mine Death Toll Reaches 29; Grieving Begins
Apr 12 2010 // Time stopped five days ago for the families of 29 coal miners killed in the devastating explosion at Upper Big Branch mine. As thousands waited, hoping for any word someone might have survived Monday’s blast, life in...
West Virginia Mine Accident Could Spur New Regulations
Apr 9 2010 // The U.S. mining industry may face additional regulations following this week’s deadly explosion at a West Virginia coal mine. Key lawmakers have vowed to look into the accident at Massey Energy’s Upper Big...
Massey Has Insurance for Mine Blast But Not for Business Interruption
Apr 9 2010 // Massey Energy Co. said Friday it will increase coal production at its other mines to compensate for production lost at the West Virginia mine where at least 25 miners died in a blast this week. It expects to reopen the...
Massey Mines’ Fight Safety Violations, Fines Go Unpaid
Apr 8 2010 // The company that runs the West Virginia mine where an explosion killed at least 25 workers frequently sidesteps hefty fines by aggressively contesting safety violations, including recent problems with the ventilation...
Some Miners Say Massey Energy Lax on Safety; Other Locals Defend Firm
Apr 8 2010 // The company that owns the West Virginia mine where at least 25 workers died in the worst U.S. mining disaster for a quarter century puts profits ahead of workers welfare, some former employees said Wednesday. Questions...
West Virginia Hoping for a Miracle in Mine Rescue
Apr 7 2010 // Drills boring into a West Virginia coal mine Wednesday carried hope for a “miracle” rescue of four miners missing after a blast killed 25 people in the worst U.S. mine disaster in a quarter century. The...
At Least 25 Dead in West Virginia Coal Mine Blast
Apr 6 2010 // An explosion ripped through a West Virginia coal mine owned by Massey Energy, killing at least 25 miners in the deadliest U.S. mining disaster since 1984. Governor Joe Manchin said Tuesday morning that four miners remained...
153 Remain Trapped in China Mine
Mar 31 2010 // Workers reported underground water leaks days before a flood coursed through a coal mine in northern China, where 153 people remained trapped Tuesday in potentially one of the country’s worst mining disasters, a...
Kentucky Moves to Raise Mine Fund’s Home Insurance Limit
Mar 31 2010 // The General Assembly has passed a bill that would allow the Kentucky Department of Insurance to pay homeowners up to $300,000 for damage resulting from geologic shifts triggered by mining. The current limit allowed to be...
