As the history books will tell you, the mining industry has taken thousands of lives over the years. When the Industrial Revolution took hold during the 19th century, the need for fossil fuels like ...

Sudan has been plagued by economic instability and political turmoil since the 2021 military coup and subsequent civil conflict.

The deadliest mine disaster in Turkey was in 2014 when 301 coal miners died following an explosion in the western town of Soma. “My only thought is the children.

Relatives of one of the miners killed in a coal mine explosion mourn during his funeral outside a mosque in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.

AMASRA, Turkey — Funerals for miners killed in a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey began Saturday as officials raised the death toll to at least 41 people. Desperate relatives had waited… ...

An official says an explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey has trapped dozens of miners. At least 14 have come out alive. The cause of Friday’s blast was not immediately known.

AMASRA, Turkey — Funerals for miners killed in a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey began Saturday as officials raised the death toll to at least 40 people.

ISTANBUL — An explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey killed at least 41 workers and injured nearly a dozen others, authorities said Saturday as they announced the end of a massive effort to ...

Click to read the article in Turkish After three of its five members were replaced, the Court of Cassation 12th Chamber has overturned its own decision in the case of the 2014 mine explosion in Soma, ...

A Turkish court sentenced five mining executives to up to 22 years in jail on Wednesday for their role in the coal mine disaster in May 2014 that killed 301 people, the ruling showed. The deaths ...

07/11/2018 Five former officials at Turkey's Soma coal mine have been jailed over a 2014 mining disaster in the country's west that killed 301 people. The prison sentences range from 15 to 22 years.