SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - Operators of the Crandall Canyon Mine engaged in risky "retreat mining," causing a coal blast that trapped and killed six miners, and three rescuers also were killed and six ...

Layers of rock overhead rumble like thunder, dirt and pebbles rain down. What is a miner to do? "You run for your life," said Tim Miller, who toiled in Kentucky's mines for more than two decades.

In retreat mining, the companies usually remove another 20 percent of the coal from the pillars, though that percentage can be much higher if geology permits.Terry Hock, chief of the roof control ...

The method of mining used at the Utah mine that collapsed Monday, trapping six miners, has a history of being disproportionately deadly, according to federal safety studies. The Crandall Canyon mine ...

HUNTINGTON, Utah – As frustration mounts over the slow pace of the digging to free six trapped miners, more questions arose Tuesday about whether risky mining methods may have left parts of the coal ...

WHARTON, W.Va. - The two workers killed in an underground coal mine were performing a risky method known as retreat mining, where the roof is intentionally collapsed to retrieve more coal. Retreat ...

As frustration mounts over the slow pace of the digging to free six trapped miners, more questions arose Tuesday about whether risky mining methods may have left parts of the coal mine dangerously ...

An overview of the recent coal mine disaster, the spin that's come out of it, and the possibilities for Web 2.0 to combat it... Josh Wolf first became interested in the power of the press after ...

Expansion has flipped to contraction for Chinese miners as the global commodities glut overwhelms demand and the ability of the mainly state-owned companies to pay. From Africa to Australia there is ...

Coal mining company Genwal Resources has pleaded guilty to corporate criminal charges stemming from the 2007 Crandall Canyon mine collapse in Utah that left nine miners and rescuers dead. Federal ...