Former NIOSH employees are continuing to speak out against federal cuts that will negatively impact coal miner safety in West ...

At Zhunneng Group's Heidaigou mine, 17 unmanned trucks glide across the open pit like giant robotic radio-controlled cars.

Safety advocates are bemoaning the delay of new safety standards to protect coal miners from deadly dust exposure.

Federal regulators have put a temporary pause on enforcing requirements on silica dust exposure in mines.The Mine Safety and ...