Saturday, March 24, 2012

West Virginia Mine Explosion

  • CHARLESTON, W.Va.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration could have prevented or reduced the likelihood of the April 2010 explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 miners, a team of experts said in a report released Friday.
  • (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  • WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- U.S. regulators, in a report, blamed an underground coal mine explosion that killed 29 miners in West Virginia two years ago on the mines operator.
  • (United Press International)
  • BECKLEY, W.Va. - The highest-ranking official charged in the deadly explosion at West Virginias Upper Big Branch mine will enter a plea next week. Former mine superintendent Gary May will appear before U.S.
  • (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
  • Tougher regulations are sure to follow a 2010 explosion at a mine in West Virginia that killed 29 miners. The spot market price for Western Pennsylvania coal fell 1.4 percent in mid-February to its current $70.05 a short ton, U.S.
  • (Times-Leader)
  • West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed comprehensive mine safety reforms into law Hughie Elbert Stover was security chief at UBB at the time of the explosion.
  • (Williamson Daily News)
  • A former security chief found guilty of lying to investigators about the 2010 explosion that killed 29 West Virginia miners is appealing related documents following the worst U.S. coal mine disaster in four decades.
  • (Anderson Independent-Mail)
  • Last year, Alpha acquired Massey Energy, which had operated the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, at which 29 miners died in an explosion in 2010 -- the worst U.S. mine disaster in four decades.
  • (Reuters India)
  • (AP) - West Virginia is updating mine safety laws in advance of the 2-year anniversary to the Upper Big Branch disaster in Raleigh County, where an underground explosion killed 29 miners on April 5, 2010.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters) - A coal miner was fatally injured at an Alpha Natural Resources Inc mine in West Virginia over the weekend at which 29 miners died in an explosion in 2010 -- the worst U.S. mine disaster in four decades.
  • (Reuters)

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