We published our Weekly Coal Production report for the week ending March 28, 2026.

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito told leaders of the coal industry in West Virginia that real work towards permitting reform could make it out of Congress before the end of the year.

NIOSH will provide free, confidential black lung screenings for coal miners in Virginia on April 7. The screenings will take place at Stone Mountain Health Services in Vansant from 8 am to 3 pm.

On September 2, 2025, a blaster was loading holes from the ground when a piece of rock fell from the roof and struck him.

Komatsu's mining equipment supports essential mineral production for modern infrastructure. The facility represents American manufacturing strength. NAM praised Komatsu's investment in North American jobs and infrastructure.

Ticket prices increase at 11:59 p.m. April 2, 2026 for 2026 West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium.

In the second half of March, the coking coal market reacted to rising freight rates caused by the conflict in the Middle East, leading to higher prices for this raw material; however, demand did not support this trend.

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently made stops across West Virginia in Beaver, Charleston, and Morgantown.

West Virginia’s two U.S. senators and coal operators anticipate more positive news for the industry during the final two years of Donald Trump as president.

Welcome to the new Collegiate Mine Rescue Training episode of Think About This, created for you by CORESafety TV and the National Mining Association (NMA).

On August 25, 2025, a miner died after the haul truck he was driving went over a berm along the haul road, over a highwall, and overturned into water in the pit.

The last cargoes of liquefied natural gas from the Gulf, the source of a fifth of global LNG production, set sail a month ago, before America and Israel attacked Iran.

Exports totaled 93 MMst in 2025, compared with 108 MMst in 2024. Thermal coal exports fell by 18%, and metallurgical coal exports fell by 11%.

Global manufacturing continued to grow in March, according to PMI survey data, the rate of expansion slowing but displaying encouraging resilience in the face of surging energy prices and supply delays.

The Upper Big Branch Mine Remembrance Ceremony will be held in part of Raleigh County, WV at the beginning of April.

Italy's parliament voted Tuesday to delay the closure of the country's coal-fired power stations by over a decade, a move experts slammed as "worrying" political propaganda.

The workers of a bankrupt Pike County coal producer have sued the company to recover back pay and benefits.

Despite the U.S. emerging as the world’s largest oil producer and a net exporter, consumers are finding out record U.S. production is little buffer against a global oil shock. U.S. oil, gasoline and diesel prices are surging from the conflict in the Middl

U.S. Sen. Jim Justice made an appearance Tuesday during the West Virginia Coal Association Annual Mining Symposium and Coal Show.

The evolving war in the Middle East has triggered an abrupt rise in oil and gas prices that will likely provide a temporary boost for mineral-producing U.S. states’ economic output.

West Virginia Office of Energy is working on the state’s long-term energy plan that must find a balance between the state’s major fossil fuels, while critics say there is too much focus on base-load over renewables.

Reid has had two careers serving coal and during the first one, he was President of American Longwall in Abingdon, VA, for sixteen years, driving the company from 5 to 250 employees.

Nations in Europe and Asia are delaying coal phase-outs and lifting restrictions. The resurgence could be long-term, analysts say.

In the month since the war in Iran began, the global price of coal has jumped more than 20%.