Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind and solar energy — forces that ...

Funding gaps, regulatory red tape and a shortage of skilled workers are stalling the UK’s mine-water heating projects.

As President Donald Trump announced moves to ease restrictions on the U.S. coal industry Tuesday, he extolled what he views ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. BHP has won permission from the NSW government to shut the state’s biggest thermal coal mine early and pivot towards clean ...

The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.

President Trump on Tuesday is expected to sign an executive order aiming to bolster U.S. coal mining. In the order, Trump ...

President Donald Trump is looking to give coal a lift with executive orders he inked on Tuesday. One order seeks to reclassify coal as a mineral and promote leasing on federal lands.

Mining was once a booming business in Utah, but as of 2023, data showed that mining in the state had dipped to its lowest ...

The president said he's using the Defense Production Act to "turbocharge" coal mining in America. Mr. Trump also said his administration is working through the legalities of making it harder for ...

lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize coal leasing on U.S. lands. In a related action, Trump also signed a proclamation offering coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal ...