They were not so egregious that they had to shut down the mine. Historically, coal-mining was much more risky.

The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be.

The commencement of coal mining at Parsa Kente is a milestone event in coal mining sector.

Coal mining is tough. Acting is just tedious.

Mining is unique in the sense that the one thing you know about the mine, is that the day you open it, one day you're going to have to close it,

They are closing the mine in two weeks, they say. Six days a week bumping down in the gondola, pecking out the rocks and hauling them back up, doing it again the next day for twenty-seven years, one cave-in, three thin raises, and a failed strike. Where am I going to go every day, what am I going to do with all that sunshine?