It was 74 years ago on December 21, 1951, when 119 men were killed after an explosion at the Orient No. 2 mine in West ...

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others ...

Two people are dead and a third has been hospitalised following an underground mine explosion in western NSW believed to be caused by a “catastrophic failure”. The “uncontrolled explosion” struck the ...

Benny Willingham worked as a miner for 30 years before he was killed. April 6, 2010 — -- Many of the men who died in the depths of a West Virginia coal mine Monday often discussed with family ...

FAIRVIEW, W.Va. — More details are available regarding the accident at the Loveridge Mine in Marion County Wednesday morning. UMWA Communications Director Erin Bates said at 9:42 a.m. there was a ...

November 19 marked 15 years since an explosion ripped through the underground Pike River Coal mine on the remote West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Twenty-nine workers were trapped in the mine.

Charlie Seeney quit his job at the Kianga Mine nine days before it exploded, killing his entire crew of workmates. "The chap that took my place, he was killed," Mr Seeney said. It is 50 years to the ...

Operations at the Endeavor polymetallic mine in New South Wales, Australia, have been suspended following an explosion overnight that resulted in two fatalities and left another worker hospitalised. ...

Thirteen miners died in a pair of explosions at the Jim Walter Resources Mine No. 5 on September 23, 2001. The initial explosion was caused by a roof fall that ignited methane gas, with a second, ...

Twenty-seven miners are believed to be trapped in New Zealand coal mine. Nov. 19, 2010 — -- A powerful explosion in a New Zealand coal mine has trapped more than two dozen miners underground.