MAHANOY CITY — An industry trade association is calling on President Donald Trump to enact tariffs on imported anthracite coal, a spokesperson announced Wednesday. “The anthracite industry requests ...

A regional observance of Anthracite Mining Heritage Month will take place in January. A variety of programs will be featured in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazle Twp., Ashley, Plymouth, Pittston, ...

MOUNT CARMEL - Coal could be coming out of the ground as early as next month at what is described as the largest current development in the commonwealth's anthracite region. The rain has to let up for ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - Black diamonds might not have as many settings these days as they did a century ago, but they haven’t lost their luster. Although mining operations have scaled back ...

High above Pottsville, a towering statue of Henry Clay gazes over the historic Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron Company building, now the Reading Anthracite Company office and the surrounding coal ...

Anthracite mined in Northeast Pennsylvania has the highest grade of carbon in the world and is a different product than what politicians refer to when they call for “No More Coal,” a local mining ...

In the wake of the Oct. 23 explosion, R&D Coal Co. - located in Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania - has been cleared and no miners remain underground, according to the Pennsylvania Department of ...

POTTSVILLE, Pa. - After descending sharp, treacherous turns on Schuylkill County's Route 61, you'll pass a sleepy town, tucked in a coal-scarred valley, where steeples and onion domes command blocks ...

Black diamonds might not have as many settings these days as they did a century ago, but they haven’t lost their luster. Although mining operations have scaled back considerably from the decades in ...