Coalmine

Nearly 50 coalminers were trapped hundreds of metres below ground on Friday after an unexplained blast tore through a mine in northern Turkey.

A coalmine explosion on Saturday killed at least 16 labourers and injured several others in southwest Pakistan, with over a dozen still trapped, officials said.

The deadliest coalmine blast in Turkish history has plunged a region into mourning, and reignited concerns over lax safety in a country with the highest number of mining deaths in Europe.

At least 17 miners were killed and more than 200 remain trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa on Tuesday, officials said.

A gas leak at a coalmine in northwestern Spain killed six men and injured five on Monday in the country's deadliest mining accident in nearly two decades, officials said.

Having already issued a warning to coal block allottees that have failed to develop mines awarded to them in a timely fashion, the government has now asked these firms to furnish a status report on progress made on these delayed projects in the July-September quarter. "You are requested to send detailed information for the quarter ending Sep...

Warning that the nation is heading for energy crisis as potential 660 MT annual coal production is at stake due to 'no go' controversy, a Parliamentary panel has asked the coal ministry to seek a solution by "forcefully" placing the matter before the ministerial group. "The Committee has serious apprehensions that coal and lignite sector in ...

Peeved at delays in green clearances hurting potential annual coal production of about 660 million tonnes, the Coal Ministry has requested the Finance Ministry to finalise an early date for the third meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on coal. The GoM, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, was constituted at the behest of Prime ...

Nearly 50 coalminers were trapped hundreds of metres below ground on Friday after an unexplained blast tore through a mine in northern Turkey.

A coalmine explosion on Saturday killed at least 16 labourers and injured several others in southwest Pakistan, with over a dozen still trapped, officials said.

The deadliest coalmine blast in Turkish history has plunged a region into mourning, and reignited concerns over lax safety in a country with the highest number of mining deaths in Europe.

At least 17 miners were killed and more than 200 remain trapped underground after an explosion in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa on Tuesday, officials said.

A gas leak at a coalmine in northwestern Spain killed six men and injured five on Monday in the country's deadliest mining accident in nearly two decades, officials said.

Having already issued a warning to coal block allottees that have failed to develop mines awarded to them in a timely fashion, the government has now asked these firms to furnish a status report on progress made on these delayed projects in the July-September quarter. "You are requested to send detailed information for the quarter ending Sep...

Warning that the nation is heading for energy crisis as potential 660 MT annual coal production is at stake due to 'no go' controversy, a Parliamentary panel has asked the coal ministry to seek a solution by "forcefully" placing the matter before the ministerial group. "The Committee has serious apprehensions that coal and lignite sector in ...

Peeved at delays in green clearances hurting potential annual coal production of about 660 million tonnes, the Coal Ministry has requested the Finance Ministry to finalise an early date for the third meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on coal. The GoM, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, was constituted at the behest of Prime ...