Coal mining has produced some of the deadliest industrial accidents in modern history. From methane explosions and coal dust ignition to structural collapse and flooding, the industry’s worst ...

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Water has entered Morton Salt's mine beneath Lake Erie, raising concerns echoed by past salt mine disasters in Louisiana, New ...

SHANGHAI, May 23 (Reuters) - A gas explosion ⁠at ⁠Liushenyu coal mine ⁠in China's northern Shanxi province late on Friday killed at least 90 people, making it China's worst coal ‌mine disaster in over ...

A mine explosion in Courrières, France, in 1906 claimed the lives of 1,099 people, the largest mine disaster in Europe at the time. Flammable gas and a fire combined to create a devastating explosion ...

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi, the country's main coal mining province, killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday. The cause of the explosion, ...

Four years after the Fundão dam collapse—the world's largest mining disaster, which occurred in 2015 in the city of Mariana in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil—a study found that fish in the Doce ...

Scientists who work to prevent mine disasters and the spread of disease among miners face looming cuts under the Trump administration. Federal scientists and engineers working to prevent deadly ...