MSHA issued the largest fine in its history – $10,825,368 – against the former Massey Energy Co. in connection to the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion. In its Dec. 6 fatal accident investigation ...

During an invitation-only, "informal" conversation, Don Blankenship advised reporters to focus more on federal regulators in their coverage of the... Mine CEO Points Fingers As He Details Explosion ...

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) – 15 years ago, disaster struck at the Upper Big Branch Mine. Remembering the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster 14 years later Explosions tore through the mine, killing 29 people and ...

The latest federal review of the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion again blames Massey Energy for the deaths of 29 coal miners and says Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) failures did not ...

A federal criminal investigation of the deadly Upper Big Branch mine disaster in West Virginia three weeks ago looks at possible bribery and... The disaster at the Upper Big Branch mine in West ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted Thursday of a misdemeanor count connected to a deadly coal mine explosion and acquitted of more serious charges. A federal ...

Alpha Natural Resources ANR today confirmed its understanding that the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Massey Energy Company, Admiral Bobby R. Inman, has issued publicly a letter dated ...

As the third anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster approaches, legal teams assembled by the Labor Department to force mine operators to improve safety are being largely disbanded. The ...

Massey Energy Co. has offered families of the 29 miners killed in the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion $3 million apiece to settle their claims, according to a document filed with the U.S.

(CNN) — Here’s a look at mine disasters, accidents and deaths in the United States. This is a list of notable mine disasters and is not all-inclusive. December 6, 1907 – Worst coal mine disaster in US ...