For the people of Gillette, dropping coal… Nation’s largest coal mining company files for bankruptcy protection Peabody Energy, the country's largest coal company, filed for Chapter 11 ...

Coal mining affects communities in the Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo provinces. The coal seams there supply thermal coal (coal that’s burnt to run electricity turbines) and higher ...

A council pledges to protect ancient rights of freeminers to burn and mine coal in the area. West Cumbria Mining has been silent on its intentions since permission was quashed last year.