Among younger miners, particularly those like Moore who don’t come from union families or coal-mining backgrounds, the idea that black lung is “ an old man’s disease” has proven difficult ...

Old coal mines could still have a role to play in heating homes – but this time, without burning fossil fuels. Martha Henriques explores the buildings heated from the warmth of long-disused mine ...

Much coal today is extracted in gaping open pit mines where gargantuan equipment — largely unmanned and automated — claws away at coal seams 24 hours a day, dumping tons of rock onto conveyors ...

Curtis Burton, a 42-year-old coal miner, who spent 17 years working in mines, told Business Insider what the job is like. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

The proposed RECLAIM (Revitalizing the Economy of Coal communities by Leveraging local Activities and Investing More) Act would tweak an existing program aimed at securing old abandoned mines ...

Hundreds of central Iowa homes sit on top of old coal mines. According to the Department of Agriculture, there are 192 underground coal mines in Polk County and approximately 2,700 throughout the ...

Now there is one working coal mine left in the whole country. ... However, very little is done to keep it in good condition,” said Adrián San Martín, a 38-year-old miner from Mieres.

Autopsies of the 29 men killed in last year’s explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia revealed a surprising fact: Most had coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, better known as black lung ...

Since 1980, Ohio has spent more than $13.3 million in state and federal money to shore up 174 acres left unstable by old mines. Coal taxes pay for the work, which included a $1 million project in ...

Eric Anderson, a 44-year-old coal miner, voted for Donald Trump to keep West Virginia’s mines humming and applauded the president’s executive orders allowing power plants to burn more coal.

Now there is one working coal mine left in the whole country. ... However, very little is done to keep it in good condition,” said Adrián San Martín, a 38-year-old miner from Mieres.