A former coal miner who overcame adversity to earn a doctorate from Beijing University of Technology has captured widespread ...

Coal shares move higher after China's government warned it may shutter coal mines guilty of producing above permitted levels, ...

The Chinese government warned it may shutter coal mines guilty of producing above permitted levels, in the latest sign that regulators are getting serious about reining in overcapacity across ...

China has nearly cornered the market in rare earth minerals, which are a necessary component to much of our technology today.

Exactly one year after construction began, China has produced its first barrel of natural uranium from its largest domestic ...

Disused coal mines could be refashioned to place vast fields of solar panels, a new report suggests, providing an unlikely solution to a common obstacle to uptake of the green energy source. Coal ...

Residents of Forest Lake, a Navajo community, lived through years of nearby coal mining, and they say they are not interested in reviving the industry as the president has ordered. No formal plans ...

In a move that fuses domestic revival with international strategy, the Trump administration has greenlit the expansion of Montana’s Bull Mountains coal mine—unlocking nearly 60 million tons of ...

The Department of the Interior Friday announced approval of a mining plan modification for Bull Mountains coal mine in Montana. It authorizes Signal Peak Energy, LLC to mine roughly 22.8 million ...

Environmental groups had opposed expanding a Montana mine previously caught up in allegations of cocaine trafficking and the faked kidnapping of an executive.

ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Former ranch hand Pat Thiele has spent years fighting a losing battle against a massive coal mine creeping underground toward his central Montana property. Mine owner ...

Maryland’s largest active underground coal mine changed hands last month after the mine’s previous operator, Canadian firm Corsa Coal, filed for bankruptcy and auctioned assets to pay creditors.