War has changed Ukraine's workforce, especially in heavy industry and mining. With men conscripted to fight the war against ...

Three people are believed to have died after nine men became trapped in a coal mine in India’s north-eastern Assam state.

Rat-hole mining poses significant safety and environmental hazards. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned the practice in ...

At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in northeast India, with at least three feared dead.

Three workers have been confirmed dead in the Assam coal mine disaster, while rescue operations continue to free the others ...

An organisation which continues to support the clean-up and redevelopment of Derbyshire’s once proud colliery land has marked ...

District disaster management officer Riki B Phukan said that there has been no communication yet with the trapped miners and ...

The term “rat hole” refers to the narrow pits dug into the ground, barely wide enough for a single person to descend and extract coal.

Rescue teams in India’s northeastern state of Assam are racing against time to save nine miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in the hilly Dima Hasao district. Three of the miners are feared dead, ...

Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India’s north-eastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, as rescue teams worked through the night to try to ...

The army has been mobilized to rescue at least nine workers who are trapped inside an Indian coal mine, with three people thought to be already dead.