The Department of Energy posted an unusual meme — for a federal department — on the social media platform X last Thursday: A photo of a gleaming rock, center-framed, with the caption, “She’s an icon / ...

Coal continues to play a vital role in meeting global energy demands despite the growth of renewable sources. Large open-cast coal mines dominate global production because they allow faster extraction ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana’s largest coal mine is set for an expansion that could increase its coal production by 19 ...

Maryland’s largest active underground coal mine changed hands last month after its previous operator, Canadian firm Corsa Coal, filed for bankruptcy and auctioned its assets to pay creditors. The new ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The federal government has authorized a nearly 1,900-acre expansion of the mine that supplies ...

The world’s largest producer of coal, Coal India Ltd., has sought bids to build 5 gigawatts of renewable projects, an effort to diversify its portfolio in view of a possible decline in future coal ...

Leading coal company Peabody Energy announced it will write down the value of the nation’s largest coal mine by $1.42 billion, as conditions for thermal coal production continue to weaken, according ...

One of Wyoming’s largest coal mines just unlocked more than 14 million tons of federal coal in the Powder River Basin, a little more than half the volume the mine produces in a year, according to the ...