A partnership between the college and the corporation, the two-year program will begin in the fall, providing students with an opportunity to learn mine maintenance skills in the classroom and underground.

Yes, it is true: The Political Action Committee is called Americans for Carbon Dividends and it is educating the public about, and lobbying for, a policy called carbon tax-and-dividend.

Snuggled deep up a narrow hollow road in Pike County, Kentucky, is the Stone Heritage Museum full of historical artifacts and items from the era of the coal camp communities and company stores.

There is great interest in proximity detection around the world including in South Africa and the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy presented the Proximity Detection and Collision Avoidance Colloquium which drew an attendance of over 200.

Coal deliveries by rail for export increased by around 400,000 t on the month and by 130,000 t on the year, to 17.8 million t in May amid higher supplies through overland border crossings, which offset lower deliveries to ports.

What America’s families and businesses need is a diverse mix of energy sources as a hedge against unexpected changes in energy cost or availability.