BEAVER, W.Va. -- It's the mining industry's turn to speak out about proposed rules that would expand drug testing. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the rules today.

LONDON, ENGLAND and BAIE VERTE, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR-- - Rambler Metals and Mining plc is pleased to announce exceptional high grade gold, copper and zinc drill results from its underground diamond drilling exploration program at the Ming Mine.

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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday raised its long-term corporate credit rating for Bucyrus International Inc., noting its niche position in manufacturing equipment for both surface and underground mining operations.

Unico, Incorporated, a natural resource company in the precious metals mining sector, today announced that the company and its wholly owned Deer Trail Mining Company subsidiary hosted the recent United States Geological Survey 2008 Marysvale District Field Trip at the Deer Trail Mine property.

Have you ever held an actual lump of coal in your hands? It looks like a black rock. But the thing you immediately notice is its weight. Coal feels incredibly light compared to a normal rock. That's because coal is composed largely of carbon, which is the same lightweight element found in carbon fiber tennis rackets and bike frames.

Deep under a pine-covered mountain, men clamber into red overalls and heavy boots, strap on lamps and attach sensors that check gas levels. They walk with bent knees into the gloom, down a rocky, uneven slope to the coal face 1,200 feet below the surface, and chatter happily about their good luck to be underground _ again. Not 10 years ago, mining was a doomed calling, and the ...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Selkirk Metals Corp. is pleased to report the first set of assay results from the ongoing diamond drilling program from underground at the Ruddock Creek Property, located 100 km north-northwest of Revelstoke in the Kamloops and Revelstoke Mining Divisions, British Columbia.

LONDON, ENGLAND and BAIE VERTE, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR-- - Rambler Metals and Mining plc is pleased to announce exceptional high grade gold, copper and zinc drill results from its underground diamond drilling exploration program at the Ming Mine.

In Wales' green valleys, historic heartland of British coal, oil prices power a revival