Mining

Planning permission secured for a new opencast coal mine in Nottinghamshire, UK.

Canadian coal miner, Corsa Coal, has agreed to buy PBS Coals from Russian steelmaker, Severstal.

Australian coal mines move from development to production to boost output 9% in FY2012/13, says the Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics.

How new innovations in oxygen sensing are improving the reliability of gas detectors in underground mines, while reducing costs.

Cloud Peak Energy’s Cordero Rojo coal mine has won the Governor’s Summit Safety Award in the large mine category.

How the mining industry can turn “do more with less” from an empty slogan to an actual business strategy.

Collision avoidance is one of the top areas for planned technology investment in Australian mining in the next two years, finds new report by Timetric.

3M has launched a new mining product vending machine to help control inventory and increase onsite productivity.

Queensland coal mine trials automation technology in extracting hard-to-access coal.

Wyoming’s Cordero Rojo mine is celebrating shipping its 1 billionth short t of coal.

Caterpillar will supply two complete Cat longwall mining systems to the Soma Eynez East mine in Turkey.

Isaac Newton’s theory of universal gravity puts Caterpillar’s new smart phone to the test.

A US District Court judge has stopped Arch Coal developing its West Elk coal mine into adjacent areas.

The Sandvik MR341 roadheader has been named “Most Innovative Product” by a group of Polish mining and business authorities.

The UK Coal Authority has released its corporate plant 2014/15, outlining its continuing efforts to commercialise its expertise.