In September, President Joe Biden stepped in to help with labor negotiations between unions and major freight railroads, and a strike was averted with a tentative agreement.

The state’s four remaining coal mines produced 21.7 million tons through September, an increase of $1.5 million for the same period a year earlier. Production data comes from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Women in Mining UK this week published its list of the top 100 inspirational women in mining around the globe.

Colombia, the world's fifth largest coal exporter, will next year have to address the effects of the country's recently approved tax reform, which, among other things, prevents mining companies from deducting royalty payments from their income tax bills.

Coal India Limited on Friday said that it has clocked its quickest 400 million tonnes coal production for any fiscal year in the company's history.

Eric Smith, a 41-year-old coal miner, left his home on Nov. 8, 2013, to hunt along West Hurt Buggy Road in Tazewell County, Virginia, according to family members.