Authorities blamed the blast on a leak of methane gas. Such gases are common in mining, though modern safety measures call ...

A hydrogen plant in Utah could offer a new path to slash fossil-fuel pollution. But federal funding that was critical for ...

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 33 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking ...

A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran’s South Khorasan Province killed at least 51 people and injured 20, Iran’s state media ...

The miners died of suffocation from the rapid release of methane and carbon monoxide, according to a report by Iran’s state news agency, IRNA. At the time of the explosion on Saturday, in the eastern ...

Iranian state media reported that a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran and killed at least 32 ...

Iran coal mine blast caused by methane leak kills 30 and injures 17 - Two dozen workers still trapped in mine in South ...

A rescue effort is underway as 17 miners are believed to be trapped in the mine's tunnels at a depth of 200 metres below the ...

Iran annually consumes some 3.5 million tons of coal but only extracts about 1.8 million tons from its mines per year. The rest is imported, often consumed in the country’s steel mills. In 2013, 11 ...

A methane leak has sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, killing at least 19 people and injuring another 17.

A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran's South Khorasan Province killed at least 28 people and injured 17, state television said on Sunday, with 24 people still missing.

The Southern Illinois region is littered with former coal mine lands; and with them, coal mining towns that have dried up in ...