Rescue workers came from across Wales, and beyond, to find the men trapped at Gleision colliery The impact of the Gleision colliery disaster has left its mark on the families of the four men who lost ...

The inquest into the deaths of four men killed in a South Wales mining disaster 13 years ago will have a “forensic and laser-like focus” in answering key questions about the case, a coroner has said.

COLLIERY disasters have cast a dark shadow over the history of the Welsh mining industry but a decade ago few had given thought to the possibility Wales may not have seen its last underground tragedy.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the police have launched an investigation into the deaths of four miners at Gleision drift mine at Cilybebyll, South Wales last week. Phillip Hill, 45, Garry ...

Workers at a colliery where four miners died after 650,000 gallons of water cascaded into the pit in a few seconds during an operation to link up with flooded old workings had expressed concern at the ...

In light of the recent deaths of four miners at the Gleision Colliery in Wales, we present a roundup of our recent news coverage from Mining Journal and a selection of in-depth feature articles from ...

Words to remember the four men killed in the Gleision colliery tragedy will be included on a mining memorial after fears they would be excluded. Plans for the national mining memorial were criticised ...

A miner was seriously injured last Friday in a roof collapse at the Unity drift mine, in the Vale of Neath, Wales. The mine is just eight miles from the Gleision Colliery in the Swansea Valley, where ...