Latest Mining Headlines
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W. Va. Tackles Mine Safety Rules to Address Sago Tragedy
Jan 19 2007 // Members of the state Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety say the panel may have a tough time crafting regulations to address the cause of the Sago Mine accident. The process of writing those rules officially began...
Wyoming Miners Trapped After Substation Failed
Jan 12 2007 // Nearly 100 miners at three mining operations were stranded underground in Wyoming Wednesday afternoon when an electrical substation near here failed at 1:30 p.m., officials said. The power failure affected the West Vaco,...
W.Va. report on Sago Mine blast leaves many questions unasnwered
Dec 25 2006 // The families of the Sago Mine victims aren’t the only ones who want more answers from the state about what went wrong Jan. 2. The United Mine Workers says the state’s theory is “cockamamie” and begs...
West Virgina Report on Sago Mine Explosion Expected Monday
Dec 8 2006 // The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training will release its report into January’s fatal Sago Mine explosion on Monday, Director Ron Wooten said. Before releasing the report to the public,...
W.Va. Probe Finds Lightning Set Off Sago Mine Explosion
Dec 8 2006 // After nearly a year of studying the Sago Mine disaster, West Virginia state investigators have concluded that an unusually powerful lightning strike somehow ignited methane gas underground, a United Mine Workers official...
Widow Sues Kentucky Mine Operators for $65 Million
Nov 20 2006 // The widow of a miner killed in an underground roof collapse at a southeastern Kentucky mine is seeking more than $65 million in a lawsuit against the five Virginia companies that oversee the operation. Claudia Cole of...
BrickStreet hikes reserves for Sago coal miner
Nov 20 2006 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurer may have to spend nearly $4 million more than planned on benefits for the families involved in January’s Sago Mine disaster. BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co....
BrickStreet hikes reserves for Sago coal miner
Nov 19 2006 // West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurer may have to spend nearly $4 million more than planned on benefits for the families involved in January’s Sago Mine disaster. BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co....
Report Cites Safety Violations in Two West Virginia Mine Deaths
Nov 15 2006 // State and federal regulators failed to find safety violations that contributed to the deaths of two miners in a conveyor belt fire at an underground coal mine in January, according to an independent report. But J. Davitt...
Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Coal Mine Safety
Aug 25 2006 // A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by coal miners demanding that the government do more to ensure miners have working oxygen supplies and know how to use them. The lawsuit was filed in June after Congress...
Judge Dismisses Suit Over W. Va. Sago Coal Mine Safety
Aug 24 2006 // A federal judge this week threw out a lawsuit by coal miners that demanded the government do more to ensure that miners have working oxygen supplies and know how to use them. The lawsuit was filed in June after Congress...
Casualty & Surety, Inc. announces new National Mining Program
Aug 18 2006 // BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Casualty & Surety, Inc. (CSI), a specialty MGA, is pleased to announce that it has been granted underwriting authority for a new National Mining Program. “Our carrier is rated...
Senators Broker Compromise on Federal Mine Safety Legislation
May 17 2006 // Senate lawmakers in Washington reached a bipartisan deal this week aimed at improving safety at the nation’s coal mines, including increasing oxygen supplies for miners. Sens. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Edward Kennedy,...
Ky. Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund Homeowners Premiums Lowered
May 3 2006 // A decrease in the rates charged to consumers living in Kentucky counties that participate in the Kentucky Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund has been announced by the Kentucky Office of Insurance in Frankfort, Ky. Due to this...
New law pushed by agents may hamper Nevada mining watchdog group
Apr 17 2006 // The chief proponent of a new law cited by Nevada in trying to block a mining industry watchdog group’s efforts to stop pollution from an old Nevada gold mine said that he didn’t envision the law being used that...
New Law May Hamper Nevada Mining Watchdog Group
Mar 30 2006 // The chief proponent of a new law cited by Nevada in trying to block a mining industry watchdog group’s efforts to stop pollution from an old Nevada gold mine said that he didn’t envision the law being used that...
Farming More Dangerous Than Mining in Virginia, Data Shows
Feb 21 2006 // Coal mining, logging, firefighting represent just a handful of the dozens of jobs that spring to mind when it comes to dangerous work. Farming isn’t often one of them. But data shows agriculture is outpacing mining...
Court decides in favor of Ky. miner’s family
Feb 5 2006 // The family of coal miner killed in a rock fall is entitled to increased death benefits because the company he worked for violated several mine safety laws, the Supreme Court has ruled. Ronnie Charles was crushed in 1999...
White House to Revisit Mine Equipment Safety; Head of Agency Quits
Jan 23 2006 // The Bush administration is reviewing safety equipment used in the nation’s mines after previously scrapping similar initiatives started by the Clinton administration. The agency that oversees coal mine safety is...
W.Va. mine survivor Randall McCloy Jr., families of deceased, eligible for benefits
Jan 23 2006 // Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the recent tragedy at the the 260-foot-deep Inter-national Coal Group Mine in West Virginia, will be eligible for medical benefits and wage replacement benefits immediately, and will...
