It's an obvious truism that regulations which make a certain activity more expensive are going to reduce the amount of that activity. Supply curves do slope downwards, demand ones up, after all. Thus ...

The Environmental Protection Agency head said that the “coal sector” added 7,000 jobs in May and “almost 50,000 jobs” since the fourth quarter of last year. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports ...

President Donald Trump boasted Monday that the nation added 45,000 mining jobs recently — but there's scant data to back that up. One thing there is evidence for: Only 800 coal mining jobs have been ...

Throughout the presidential campaign, Republican candidate Donald Trump courted miners and promised improved job prospects. He has continued to tout the future of the coal industry as president—but a ...

At an event to tout his "Made in America" agenda, President Donald Trump took a moment to applaud his administration’s success in stopping the long-term decline of the coal industry. "We picked up ...

BHP's rivals, including mining giants Vale SA and Rio Tinto PLC, also have diversity hiring programs. At a time when robots and automation have transformed many heavy-lifting jobs into ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Multinational mining corporation Rio Tinto has established a new scholarship for mining engineering students at Montana Tech. The $84,000 gift provides tuition assistance. Recipients ...

Coal miners have kept employment steady at about 51,000 to 53,000 positions during President Donald Trump's first two years in office. A surge in U.S. exports has offset the continued closure of ...

With the evolution of blockchain technology beyond cryptocurrencies, the infrastructural level companies in this industry set a rapid pace for where it goes. Such is Argo Blockchain, a widely ...

Mansur Arief never imagined himself working in mining. As an artificial intelligence researcher finishing a PhD at Carnegie Mellon University, he developed safety algorithms for self-driving cars. But ...

Mining remains one of the highest-paying sectors in the country, ranking third in terms of average monthly earnings.