MOSCOW (AP) – A methane gas leak at a coal mine in Russia’s far north triggered three explosions that ignited a raging fire and partially collapsed the mine, killing 36 people, officials said Sunday.

WARSAW, Poland — A miner who was reported missing after an earthquake shook Poland's Rydultowy coal mine has been found alive more than two days after the accident that killed one of his colleagues ...

Excessive carbon monoxide levels at a mine in Chongqing have trapped 23 people underground, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday, in the second such accident in the southwestern ...

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Twenty-three people died after being trapped in a mine in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the region's second such accident in just over two ...

BEIJING (AP) – Chinese state media say two coal mine accidents have trapped 17 people underground. The official Xinhua News Agency says a fire broke out Sunday in a mine in northeast Heilongjiang ...

Balochistan is currently facing a series of coal mine accidents, alongside a rise in poppy cultivation, which has sparked concerns among both residents and lawmakers. The grim reality persists for ...

HARRISON COUNTY, Ohio — A man has died following a mining accident that occurred Wednesday morning in Harrison County. Sean Donato, the assistant fire chief of the Hopedale Fire Department, said the ...

More than 280 miners have died in Turkey with another 150 still missing. It's hard to imagine how so many can perish in a mine accident in modern... Past Disasters Haunt Modern-Day Coal Mining ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal mining officials are citing Patriot Coal for serious violations during a severe coal burst that killed two miners in May. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration ...