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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, ...

At the bottom of a long-abandoned mine, 50 metres below the surface, one company searches for rare Welsh gold, attracted by soaring prices and its royal connection. The Clogau-St David's mine, located ...

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, ...