The collapse of a coal mining plant in Eastern Kentucky Tuesday has left one worker dead.

A list of some recent fatal mine disasters around the world: — 2013: 83 workers are buried by a massive landslide at a gold mining site in a mountainous area of Tibet, east of Lhasa, according ...

On this day 99 years ago -- May 27, 1925 -- the largest industrial disaster in the history of North Carolina happened near the county line between Chatham and Lee counties, a coal mine explosion ...

A list of some of history's worst mine disasters: —1942: China's northeast is the site of the world's deadliest coal mine disaster when an accident kills 1,549 miners in Japanese-occupied ...

The coal mine disaster in West Virginia last week thrust the mine's owner, Massey Energy, into the national spotlight. But people in the area have known Massey for years as a powerful -- and ...

Letters: Sago Coal Mine Disaster, LobbyingMichele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' letters and e-mails. The letters comment on our interview with a lobbyist about his trade, and our ...

Artificial Intelligence can forecast gas-related incidents in coal mines within half an hour, according to a new study exploring how the technology can reduce the risk of disasters.

The in-depth story of the 1966 Aberfan Mine Disaster. Early on October 21, 1966, 140,000 cubic yards of coal waste from the nearby mine slid from the hill above the Aberfan and buried all the ...