Vice President J.D. Vance was joined by U.S. Department of Energy officials in Middletown to announce his hometown steel mill was getting a $500 million grant.

In the Appalachian region stretching through the US state of West Virginia, the reddish water flowing out of retired coal mines is acidic, full of heavy metals and toxic for the environment.

Mine safety advocates are calling on the Trump administration to do more to protect coal miners amid increasing rates of black lung disease reported among working miners in central Appalachia.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has issued a wage and hour decision affirming a dismissal for an employer in a class action arising out of its alleged failure to pay overtime in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

The global shift toward cleaner energy is beginning to change the mix of commodities moving across the world's oceans.

West Virginia has long been the centre of America's coal mining industry, and by the turn of the 20th century there were more than 60 coal mining towns spread out along the banks of the New River and its tributaries.