Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Group of men in a dark mine underground - mining concepts A new federal rule is aimed at reducing coal miners’ exposure to silica ...

Mining operations generate substantial quantities of dust throughout virtually every stage of production. Vehicles traveling ...

On Tuesday, federal officials posted new rules to protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a growing problem in mines that has left thousands sick and dying. It took mine safety ...

On Tuesday, as coal miners crowded into the Oval Office to watch President Donald Trump sign an executive order meant to reinvigorate the coal industry, the federal agency responsible for protecting ...

The source of the dust is a monument to the past: a 50-foot mountain of towering black rock, called slag, left over from a copper smelter that operated on the outskirts of town until the smelter was ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The global leader in belt conveyor technology, Martin Engineering, has introduced the next generation of safe and effective ...