The Trump administration has pressed for reliable baseload power and the continued use of coal. In particular, Department of ...

Rare earth elements are an easy-to-find, hard-to-refine resource critical for everything from magnets and electronics to ...

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SCRANTON – As historic sites and museums celebrated Pennsylvania’s birthday, Justin W. Emershaw, a mining engineer with Hazleton-based Atlantic Carbon Group, provided a current look at one of the ...

Admitting that ‘economic desperation’ often outweighs the fear of the law, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Saturday defended his government’s record on illegal coal mining, framing the persistent ...

Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will be marked throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania. A full calendar of regional events is available at and will be updated with ...

The last Czech black coal shaft will shut at the end of January, closing the door on more than 250 years of deep mining and ...