Topic: Crandall Canyon Mine

Owner of collapsed Utah coal mine fighting state over 'perpetual' treatment of polluted waterIn the months after a Utah mine collapsed, entombing six miners and three would-be rescuers, the coal mine filled with groundwater that continues to pour out.Now, Utah regulators ...
Operator of collapsed Utah mine sued by partner and its insurers for 2007 disasterSix U.S. insurance companies and Lloyd's of London are suing for reimbursement of millions of dollars for equipment abandoned inside a Utah mine that collapsed in 2007 ...

Tragedy in West Virginia

Coal mine disaster shows that more needs to be done to protect minersLast weekÕs explosion in the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia is a terrible reminder of the safety hazards facing miners in America. Twenty-nine miners were ...
Payouts for Crandall Canyon disaster include children of miner who died by suicideJudges have begun approving payouts from a multimillion-dollar settlement stemming from the collapse two years ago of a Utah mine that entombed six miners and led to three rescuers' deaths ...
Utah coal operators back away from deep mining 2 years after deadly Crandall Canyon collapseTwo years after a Utah mine collapsed, entombing six miners more than 2,000 feet under a mountain and also killing three members of a rescue team, the ...
Mining companies, partners settle lawsuits in 2007 Crandall Canyon disaster that killed 9The 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 ...
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 ...
Mining company fights to limit death benefits for family of victim in Utah collapseThe 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 ...
As Senate hearings get underway this week to probe the accident at the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah that claimed the lives of six miners and three rescuers, attempts are also being made to evaluate the performance of robotic equipment sent in ...
Federal mining officials ask prosecutors to consider charges in 9 Utah mine deathsFederal mining officials on Wednesday asked prosecutors to decide whether criminal charges are warranted in the deaths of nine people in last year's collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine ...