Bluestone Coal Corporation’s Poca surface mine’s mining permit was suspended by the West Virginia Department of Environmental ...

The coal-producing areas of West Virginia have been traditionally defined as fields, each field corresponding to a given geographical location or region of the state. Our readers should note that a ...

5 Block coal is mined, mostly in eastern Kanawha and Clay counties. Development of the Kanawha Coal Field The Kanawha Coal Field is one of the oldest fields in West Virginia. The first commercial ...

Deep from inside the mines. Oliver Anthony is kicking off the new year by releasing a West Virginia coal mine video session. Anthony and a crew of talented players brought a live performance to the ...

There are many mine disasters that have occurred in the Mountain State throughout the years. One such disaster is the Sago ...

The op-ed recently published in the Gazette-Mail written by Chris Hamilton, president and CEO of the West Virginia Coal Association, hails coal-fired electricity as poised to meet anticipated ...

which commemorates the Monongah Mine Disaster of 1907, but one hasn’t taken place recently. He wants to see one return. Davis is adamant about preserving West Virginia’s coal heritage.

South Fork Coal Co. was hit with a lawsuit alleging that it exceeded its wastewater permits’ limits on pollutants discharged from three West Virginia surface mines, in violation of Clean Water Act and ...

Federal regulators say the West Virginia Department of Environmental ... the state agency over a McDowell County mine belonging to permittee Bluestone Coal Corp. after finding the DEP hadn ...