Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be opening soon but it won't rely on the fossil fuel to make money.

The Trump administration said it permitted a proposed coal mine in Claiborne County, Tennessee on Tuesday under an expedited ...

Australia's Mining and Energy Union (MEU) said on Wednesday workers at Glencore's underground coal mine in New South Wales ...

Biosecurity authorities are on alert after destructive fire ants were found at a coal mine 800 kilometres from the previous ...

Absaloka mine, top employer, and revenue source for the Crow Tribe, shipped its final railcar of coal early Tuesday, though operator Westmorland Mining LLC indicates closure isn't imminent.

When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said ‘No Thanks’ Back in the 19th century, coal was the nation’s newfangled fuel source—and it faced the same resistance as wind and solar today ...

Fire ants have been detected in central Queensland for the first time, at a mine site near Moranbah, inland from Mackay.

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This article was originally published with the title “On the Temperature of Coal Mines” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 21 No. 8 (August 1869), p. 115 doi:10.1038 ...