SHINNSTON, W.Va. -- Coal producer Consol Energy has won permission to expand the size of a massive West Virginia coal slurry dam by more than one-third, to almost 3.3 billion gallons. The Nolan Run ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — State regulators say there's no reason to believe a 7 billion gallon coal slurry dam in southern West Virginia was improperly built or that its contents could liquefy, ...

Warrior Met Coal in Tuscaloosa County, one of the leading producers of metallurgical coal in the United States, will pay $250,000 as part of a settlement agreement to fix a coal slurry impoundment and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WARRICK COUNTY, Ind. (WEHT) — The Warrick County Surveyor is raising concerns at the possibility of coal waste spilling in Pigeon ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — For two months, the owner of a potentially dangerous West Virginia coal slurry impoundment has failed to respond to a federal complaint seeking to have the dam shut down.

Mining is essential to modern lifestyles. Copper, iron and other mined products are vital to the products many people take for granted, like electronic devices. Being able to buy these goods quite ...

LOUISVILLE - In parts of eastern Kentucky, the recent pictures from Hungary - of red sludge that roared from a factory's reservoir downstream into the Danube River - are all too reminiscent of what ...

A coal company that is leaking polluted wastewater from a mine in west Alabama reached a legal agreement with an environmental group to fix a dam and protect local waterways in Tuscaloosa County.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mining is essential to modern lifestyles. Copper, iron and other mined products are vital to the products many people take for ...