On the night of May 8-9, 2010, two methane explosions occurred at the Raspadskaya mine in the Kemerovo region with an ...

Japan will allow more use of coal-fired power plants in an effort to boost security of supply to cope with the energy shock from the war in the Middle East. The country will let less-efficient coal ...

Asian countries are ramping up use of polluting coal to tackle energy shortages and price spikes linked to the Iran war, but the crisis could have an environmental silver lining. While leaning on the ...

A mining and processing business in California is replacing one coal plant but says another could stay online for many years. Searles Valley Minerals, a mining and processing plant in Trona, Calif., ...