The owner and operator of Utah's Crandall Canyon mine on Tuesday settled lawsuits filed by the families of the miners and rescuers who were killed or injured by two cave-ins in 2007. The settlement — the largest in Utah mining history — was signed by lawyers for the ...

Coal dust monitors and advancedtracking technology are part of U.S. Congress' efforts to aid coal miners. The mining and metals industry division of ISA notices that despite White House veto threats, the Democrat-controlled House passed sweeping U.S. mine safety legislation aimed at preventing future underground disasters similar to the one that took nine lives in August 2007 at ...

The mining company faulted by federal officials for a cave-in that killed six miners last year is fighting a worker's compensation claim filed by the family of one of the victims. With his paycheck, coal miner Juan Carlos Payan was supporting his disabled father, his ...

A memorial honoring the nine men who died as a result of the August 2007 Crandall Canyon mine collapse was unveiled Sept. 14 in Huntington, Utah. The monument features deep-relief bronze portraits of the six miners trapped in the mine and the three miners who died trying to rescue them. It is ...