A palaeontologist’s call-out for rocks bearing dinosaur footprints around an Australian town has borne fruit, including a ...

A range of automated technologies, from rock crushers to shovel swings, have taken the place of humans in recent decades—a key reason that employment in the coal industry fell between 1980 and ...

"A miner died when a piece of rock fell from the highwall and struck ... side or highwall." A coal miner died in Boone County on Wednesday following a work-related incident, officials said.

A new report says hundreds of surface-mined coal sites across Eastern Kentucky have not been fully reclaimed as quickly as ...

Officials said anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office or Crime Stoppers of the Quad Cities.

HB1459 contains no landowner safeguards against cost deductions by the coal developer. This 2.5% of net income royalty is well below market pricing for hard rock mining royalties as reported by ...

HB 1459 contains no landowner safeguards against cost deductions by the coal developer. This 2.5% of net income royalty is well below market pricing for hard rock mining royalties as reported by ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - The Rock Island County Sheriff’s Office and Coal Valley Police Department are investigating thefts from ATM machines. Friday, TV6 learned from the Rock Island County ...