Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be operating soon but it won't rely on the fossil fuel to make money.

In Inner Mongolia, a convoy of haul trucks rumbles across the dusty, jagged terrain of the Yimin open-pit coal mine. It is a familiar scene in this part of northern China, home to some of the ...

As a major energy supplier, Xinjiang's Shitoumei No 1 Open-Pit Coal Mine, has emerged as a model of intelligent and green mining after deploying smart technologies in coal production.

As the provincial government finalizes details of new rules for coal mining in Alberta’s mountains and foothills, one company is asking officials to pick a definition of open pit mining that won ...

In Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, an open-pit brown coal mine is sparking protests among locals. Farmers say the mine threatens their livelihoods and are leading the fight to protect their land.

EDMONTON — Alberta's government has quietly rescinded its moratorium on new coal exploration and development in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Concerns about coal mining peaked in 2020, when the province announced it would remove rules that had protected the eastern slopes of the Rockies from open-pit coal mining since 1976 and began ...

The new policy will ban open-pit coal mining in Alberta’s foothills and introduce measures to ensure any coal mining projects meet world-class environmental standards.

Alberta has announced plans to draft new rules that will see mountaintop removal mining and open-pit coal developments prohibited on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. In a statement on ...

Alberta announced a new coal policy that will ban new open-pit coal mines in the foothills but allow steel-making mines to be built.

The company is revising its plan, including whether to scale back the potential size of the open pit mine, which would produce steelmaking coal.