In the Mine Wars that erupted in southern West Virginia over the first two decades ... Families in a tented town. Credit: Coal Age Magazine Thomas Andrews explained during his 2014 interview ...

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice was in Wheeling on Tuesday to provide a $4.4 million AMLER grant for the Wheeling Gateway ...

The mining project to receive the highest award (up to $129 million) is for two inactive West Virginia coal mines in central ... The next largest grant ($90 million) was awarded to refurbish ...

When labor organizer Mother Jones arrived in a West Virginia coal town in 1901, residents were skeptical and mine guards were hostile. The United Mine Workers of America had successfully ...

She’s from a coal mining family in Summersville, West Virginia. She says it’s not too late for the state to reinvent itself, like she has. “Back home where I’m from there’s a town next ...

“There’s almost zero reason to be completely optimistic,” says Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. “It’s a disservice to coal-mining ...

How abandoned coal mines in Appalachia are joining the global race for rare earth metals Researchers in West Virginia are hoping to develop scaleable methods for extracting rare earth metals from ...

Five astronomically spooky sights to help usher in the Hallowe'en season ...

Water lying in old coal mines could be used to grow food, a council has said. Durham County Council has secured a £110,000 grant to study the feasibility of using the naturally generated heat ...

Punjab Cabinet has lifted ban on grant and renewal of coal mining concessions in the province. A spokesman for Punjab Mines and Minerals Department said the provincial cabinet has constituted a ...