The British government has announced a public inquiry into the 1984 "Battle of Orgreave," a violent clash between police and striking miners.

Mining began in earnest in the 1600s across England, Scotland and Wales. Around the turn of the 18th century, the coal-powered steam engine was invented in Britain, going on to power industry.

At every working pithead in the United Kingdom last week smut-faced coal miners voted in favor of a nation-wide strike, 409,351 to 29,215. Yet afterward, with the characteristic attitude of such ...

Thus last week the open shop Pittsburgh Coal Co., a Mellon family holding company, offered increased wages. Higher wage scales were posted at many another mine.

Canada and the United States have agreed to review a long standing cross-border dispute that involves pollution from coal mines in the Canadian province of British Columbia flowing into U.S ...