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In the decade 2005–2014, US coal mining fatalities averaged 28 per year. [45] The most fatalities during the 2005–2014 decade were 48 in 2010, the year of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia, which killed 29 miners. [81] 2016 was the first year in U.S. coal mining history that had no fatalities due to coal mine roof falls. [82]
Mining in the United States has been active since the beginning of colonial times, but became a major industry in the 19th century with a number of new mineral discoveries causing a series of mining rushes. In 2015, the value of coal, metals, and industrial minerals mined in the United States was US$109.6 billion. 158,000 workers were directly ...
Coal Industry Stock Outlook: Going to Get Tougher Ahead
In 2010, Consol was the leading producer of high-BTU bituminous coal in the United States and the U.S.'s largest underground coal mining company. [ 6 ] In January 2025, it was announced that Consol Energy had completed its merger with Arch Resources , forming Core Natural Resources.
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The games industry has struggled in 2024, but a new Nintendo console and 'Grand Theft Auto VI' could turn things around in 2025. New Nintendo console, 'Grand Theft Auto VI' to boost game industry ...
A mining simulator is a type of simulation used for entertainment as well as in training purposes for mining companies. These simulators replicate elements of real-world mining operations on surrounding screens displaying three-dimensional imagery , motion platforms , and scale models of typical and atypical mining environments and machinery.
The Union and the Coal Industry (Yale University Press, 1955) Bell, Shannon Elizabeth, and Richard York. "Community economic identity: The coal industry and ideology construction in West Virginia." Rural Sociology 75.1 (2010): 111-143. online; Blatz, Perry. Democratic Miners: Work and Labor Relations in the Anthracite Coal Industry, 1875-1925 ...