Mining

Officials from the US NIOSH, the OSMRE, the NMA and the Bureau of Land Management honour top safety, environmental and technology leaders in the mining industry.

Marfork Coal Co. LLC, an affiliate of Alpha Natural Resources, recognised for outstanding safety performance at its Coon Cedar Grove mine.

FLSmidth acquires Sandvik Mining Systems’ continuous surface mining and minerals handling technologies.

RCT making significant progress on its automation journey with its Guidance Automation reaching over five million operating hours.

Atlas Copco Portable Energy has supplied a coal mine in South Africa with LED light towers, improving their overall efficiency and reducing their carbon footprint.

Allegiance Coal is advancing the Telkwa metallurgical coal project towards production.

The review has investigated falling productivity levels at the Appin Area 9 project and has made recommendations for a longwall move.

FAMUR’s has expanded services at its Karraganda operating station.

US Senators, the US Secretary of Labor and MSHA officials take a mine safety tour of Pocahontas Beckley mine in West Virginia.

The report also indicates that Whitehaven had a strong safety performance over the quarter.

Maptek opens new offices in downtown Vancouver and Montréal, Canada, expanding its North American presence.

Caterpillar will supply a complete Cat® longwall system to Bharat Coking Coal Ltd, a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, for the Moonidih metallurgical coal mine.

Brisbane engineering company Australian Diversified Engineering urge mining companies that innovation is the key to better workplace safety.

The license provides Aspire Mining with a minimum 30-year tenure over the licensed area.

Rhonda Knotts, Marketing Communications & Events Specialist for Modular Mining Systems, Inc. describes how a new management module is reducing productivity lost during the shift-change process at mine sites.