As a labor lawyer and community advocate in Southern West Virginia, I was inspired recently by visiting the coalfields in the ...

Coal was central to the war effort. It not only kept people warm but powered industry, railways and shipping. After the loss of French and Belgian coalfields to the Allied war effort, Welsh coal was ...

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This meant that the war saw some form of prosperity return to the south Wales coalfield ... workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved ...

This meant that the war saw some form of prosperity return to the south Wales coalfield ... workers left mining for the armed forces and other jobs between 1938 and 1941. The coal industry moved ...

“This is legislation which directly addresses the safety of our coalfield communities in the South Wales Valleys. "These are communities which have lived with the legacy of coal mining for ...

Boggabri coal mine in New South Wales, which will produce coal for burning in coal-fired power plants and steel-making Caval Ridge Mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin, which will produce coal for ...

The first three expansions are at the Boggabri coal mine owned by Idemitsu in New South Wales (NSW), and, in Queensland, the Caval Ridge Horse Pit owned by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance and the Lake ...