Early on October 21, 1966, 140,000 cubic yards of coal waste from the nearby mine slid from the hill above the Aberfan and buried ... We reveal the world's darkest and greatest disasters all based on ...

The Pike River mining disaster was a tragedy that shocked the world. Twenty-nine men who were in the New Zealand coal mine died when it collapsed in a series of explosions. The BBC's Phil Mercer ...

But coal mining was far more dangerous than farming. Each man who went into the tunnels was well aware of the mining disasters that had claimed the lives of so many before them. The promise of ...

Hundreds of people worked at the mine run by the National Coal Board The colliery opened ... On the day of the disaster, Brian was with 10 other men, aged between 23 and 45, who were working ...

It's 50 years since the village of Six Bells in Abertillery was hit by a tragic coal mining disaster, killing 45 local men. For those who lost friends and loved ones and helped in the rescue ...

The Biden administration announced a big decision to block new mining in a key ... this rule will destroy coal jobs and defund public education in Montana. It's a disaster." ...

Workers stroll by a bouquet of flowers for victims of mine explosion lie on ... have prevented the Pike River disaster, or why Little defended Pike River Coal in the immediate aftermath.

Coal mining was a short but significant part of ... “You look at it, and currently it’s basically like an ecological disaster right now,” said Todd Gosselink, a wildlife biologist with ...