Surface mining uses a variety of often highly specialised equipment such as trucks, dozers and excavators for extracting resources from just below the Earth's surface. It is generally more ...

Lanny Erdos is the son of a coal miner whose father toiled underground in Ohio. Now, Erdos is on the front lines of President Donald Trump’s bid to revive coal demand and production.

CLAIBORNE COUNTY, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of the Interior approved a proposed coal mine on Bryson Mountain in Claiborne County recently. In a statement, DOI said it gave the green light to ...

Mining industry deaths hit a near-decade high last year. Most occurred in surface mines, like strip or open-pit mines, but there are fewer opportunities to train above-ground miners for rescues.

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The bucket is all that remains of Big Muskie, once the largest single-bucket digging machine ever created. It tells a ...