On Sunday 19th October, I had the privilege of attending and addressing the National Union of Mineworkers Yorkshire Area ...

Caerphilly is famous for three Cs: coal, cheese and its mighty castle. It's also the birthplace of the legendary comedian ...

John Wiltshire, a former coal miner from North Wales, brought a working replica of a Welsh coal mine crafted by his ...

Bernie Monk, whose son Michael was one of 29 workers killed in the 2010 underground Pike River Coal mine disaster, expresses ...

The northernmost town in the world, Longyearbyen, is 800 miles from the North Pole, but home to over 2,000 people.

While London boasts some of the most famous museums and art galleries in the world, the rest of the UK is blessed with many other hubs of history, with hyperlocal exhibitions, specialised museums ...

From what was once a mighty industry employing tens of thousands, Raeburn Brick stands alone as Scotland’s last clay brick manufacturer.

Since 1871, the Durham Miners' Gala has seen the streets of a city in north-east England transformed with displays of mining ...

Excessive carbon monoxide levels at a mine in Chongqing have trapped 23 people underground, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday, in the second such accident in the southwestern ...

Sixteen people were killed in a southwest China coal mine accident on Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency said, the latest accident in a country with a poor history of industrial safety.