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New Technology Will Enhance Coal Mine Safety

mining news | July 22, 2008 | 4:17 pm Energy Coal

Working in coal mines can be backbreaking labor, not to mention dangerous. But a new technology invented by researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will make it easier for miners to ensure their safety as they brace the roofs of mine shafts.