SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday he was outraged over a plea deal that settles criminal charges against the operator of a Utah coal mine that experienced two lethal cave-ins in ...

The mine uses a method called "retreat mining," in which pillars of coal are used to hold up an area of the mine's roof. When that area is completely mined, the company pulls the pillar and grabs the ...

HUNTINGTON, Utah — H Hundreds of rescuers struggled with falling rock and debris Monday in a desperate race to reach six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet below ground by a cave-in so powerful that ...

Six miners were trapped Monday when an underground coal mine collapsed less than 20 miles from epicenter of a minor earthquake, authorities said. The Genwal mine reported a "cave-in" at 3:50 a.m., an ...

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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Three rescue workers died and six others were injured Thursday night as they attempted to rescue the six miners who have been trapped at a Utah mine since a collapse on August ...

A Utah mine is set to be the first in the nation to take advantage of new federal rules expediting leases for coal production on federal land, passed as part of the congressional Republicans’ “big, ...