Mining

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.

The DISPATCH idle monitor module from Modular Mining helped to reduce idle time as a US coal mine, saving money on fuel and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Chinese coal miner, Shenhua, and Russian technology giant, Rostec, have signed an MoU to develop the Ogodzhinsky coal deposit.

ExxonMobil’s Equipment Builder Group is celebrating its 100 years of helping mining OEMs.

A Cat automated longwall plough system has set a new production record for a low-seam longwall at a mine in West Virginia.

Dräger’s compressed breathing air refilling systems provide an alternative to self-contained self-rescuer systems for coal mine emergencies.

Aggregates from La Tabaquera coal mine, Colombia, will help finance development of New Colombia Resources’ coal production.

Atlas Copco has been ranked as a top ten global company for corporate sustainability in this year’s Newsweek Green Rankings.