TEHRAN, Iran — An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country’s history ...

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. – After waiting almost 12 agonizing hours for dangerous gases to clear, rescuers yesterday entered a coal mine where 13 miners were trapped underground after an explosion that may ...

MONTCOAL, W.Va. -- Rescuers held out slim hope Tuesday that four missing coal miners might have survived when a mine repeatedly cited for improperly venting methane gas exploded, killing 25 people in ...

A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China killed 33 people, the latest disaster to strike the country's accident-prone mining industry, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday. BEIJING ...

MOSCOW - A devastating explosion in a Siberian coal mine Thursday left 52 miners and rescuers dead about 250 meters (820 feet) underground, Russian officials said. Hours after a methane gas explosion ...

BEIJING (AP) — Safety regulators in China say they've found several violations at a coal mine where 33 people died this week after being trapped underground in a gas explosion. Only two miners ...

Miners leave the Cerredo coal mine in Asturias in northern Spain, where a blast claimed five lives - Copyright AFP CESAR MANSO Miners leave the Cerredo coal mine in ...

MONTCOAL, W.Va. -- Rescue teams were trying to locate at least 19 trapped miners in a large underground coal mine where an explosion killed seven workers on Monday, the coal company and mine safety ...

Massey Energy Co. on Friday rejected nearly every part of the federal government's theory on what caused the deadly explosion at its Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia in the spring, killing 29 ...

(Corrects to indicate Korchagin did not confirm reports of second blast) MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - A methane blast at a large Siberian coal mine killed at least eight people, and dozens more were ...