WVU undergraduate student Jacob Horner (left) and masters students Amelia Echard and Paubla Gallego test augmented reality systems designed to provide safety trainings to coal miners. Augmented ...

A tragic accident shook southeastern Congo on Saturday when a bridge collapsed at a semi-industrial copper mine, killing 30 ...

State and federal authorities are investigating a mining accident that killed a man Friday in Somerset County, state police said in a news release Sunday. Joshua Mock, 34, of Windber, “suffered fatal ...

A man was killed in a mining accident in Somerset County on Friday. Authorities were called to a Corsa Coal Corp. mine site in Jenner Township around 2 p.m. State police said Joshua Mock, 34, was ...

An investigation into last year’s accident that left 12 people trapped, 4 injured and 1 dead in the Mollie Kathleen Mine in Teller County ruled it was due to ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali said on Wednesday it was suspending licenses for foreign artisanal gold mining companies after a series of fatal accidents in the West African country, one of Africa’s top ...

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo — A 46-year-old man who was an employee of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine has been identified as the person killed Thursday when there was a malfunction of the elevator that travels ...

At least one person is dead and others are injured after an equipment malfunction trapped nearly two dozen people underground in a Colorado tourist mine, Teller County sheriff's officials said ...

To keep miners safe, a West Virginia University researcher is creating a training program that uses augmented reality headsets to prepare workers to operate around high-risk vehicles. “Powered haulage ...