GLYNNEATH (Reuters) - Two decades ago, Britain was shutting collieries and coal miners were staging desperate and sometimes violent strikes in a vain attempt to save their jobs. Now, near-record high ...

Changes have been made to the safety classifications of coal tips in Wales. Regular inspections and checks have been taking place to create an accurate database of where coal tips are and any risk ...

Welsh scientists have mapped the hidden microbes thriving in south Wales’s abandoned coal mines, helping to overcome obstacles to using mine water to heat Britain’s homes. With an estimated ...

Today we are talking to Professor Brad Evans about his new book How Black Was My Valley: Poverty and Abandonment in a Post-Industrial Heartland. It’s all about growing up poor in a Welsh coal mining ...

NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) - American Electric Power Co Inc. plans to shut the 528-megawatt Unit 1 at the Welsh coal-fired power station in Texas March 7-9 to fix a boiler tube leak, the Columbus, ...