The coal-producing areas of West Virginia have been traditionally defined as fields, each field corresponding to a given geographical location or region of the state. Our readers should note that a ...

By 1932, ten coal companies were in operation in Greenbrier County, all but two mining from the Sewell seam; the others mining the Fire Creek seam. Another railroad branch line along Clear Creek from ...

has sealed its second-largest metallurgical coal mine after a fire broke out Monday and will likely lose about six months of production from the West Virginia site. The new company owns 11 mines ...

Drone shot looking across the Kanawha River from Poca, West Virginia towards the coal fired power plant located on the opposite shore in the town of Winfield in Putnam County. Steam rises from cooling ...

BOONE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – A West Virginia coal miner has died after a mining accident in Boone County. According to West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey, the incident happened at the Progress ...

Coal miner Steven Fields, 55, has died after an accident at the Progress Surface Mine in Twilight, West Virginia, in the US. According to reports from the region, he was injured in an accident on ...

The op-ed recently published in the Gazette-Mail written by Chris Hamilton, president and CEO of the West Virginia Coal Association, hails coal-fired electricity as poised to meet anticipated ...

Credit: LarysaPol/Shutterstock. The State Government of West Bengal in India is considering Coal gasification for 30% of the Deocha-Pachami block, where traditional mining methods are not feasible.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has suspended a mining permit for one of its outgoing boss’ coal mines after federal regulators’ threat that they would take over ...

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