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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sweden partners with Philippine mines to introduce new safety technologies at the national mining conference in Baguio.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has finalized a rule that modernizes safety standards for electric motor-driven mine equipment and accessories used in hazardous mining environments ...

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 ...