Asia Energy proposed to extract about 10-15 million tons of coal from Phulbari coal field adopting open-pit mining from final depth of 250 to 300 meters by removing 4400 million tons of overburden (rock, sand, mud, soil) covering an area of about 5.2 sqkm throughout the life of the mine i.e. 36 to 38 years. […]

A coal company is planning to reopen a mine in Western Kentucky next year, creating about 900 jobs with starting pay of $19 an hour, officials said.
“We’re excited,” said Dudley Cooper, a consultant to the Ohio County Industrial Authority. “This should mean an influx of people into Ohio County.”
St. Louis-based Armstrong Coal Co. announced Thursday […]

In the weeks before a roof fall killed a 26-year-old miner in Armstrong County’s Tracy Lynne Mine last year, the mine was being inspected by an industrial hygienist with virtually no underground mine experience.
The federal employee, Dennis Lowmaster, had briefly worked with a journeyman inspector at Tracy Lynne, but then the more experienced inspector was […]