Lu’an Group, a large Shanxi-based coal producer, completed what was, according to state newsletter People’s Daily Online, China’s first manned test of an underground refuge chamber on April 10. A team of 80 miners, rescue workers and researchers stayed in a permanent refuge chamber in the company’s Changcun coal mine for 48 hours. Read more

Mining contractor Barminco continues to drive growth in its domestic market with the award of a three year, A$60 million underground mining services contract for Western Areas’ Spotted Quoll nickel mine located 5 km from the Flying Fox underground complex and 80 km east of Hyden in Western Australia. Read more

Dundee Precious Metals’ Chelopech mine has selected Gemcom InSite as its mine production management solution for its mining and processing operation. Chelopech is an underground gold, silver, and copper mining and processing operation located in Bulgaria.

chinaminer460.jpg Lu’an Group, a large Shanxi-based coal producer, completed what was according to state newsletter, People’s Daily Online, China’s first manned test of an underground refuge chamber on April 10. A team of 80 miners, rescue workers and researchers stayed in a permanent refuge chamber in the company’s Changcun coal mine for 48 hours.

consol-energy-logo.jpg Consol’s Wiley mine in Mingo County, West Virginia has earned its third consecutive R.E. Bailey Safety Award as its 50 employees achieved a milestone in safety by working another million hours without a lost-time accident. The stellar safety record has its origins 25 years ago in December 1986 when the last lost-time accident occurred at [...]

warrior-coal-pix.jpg The Matrix WAMS-S1000 Permissible Wireless Carbon Monoxide (CO) Monitoring Sensor has been listed by Intertek, a US Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). With this listing, the WAMS-S1000 fully complies with 30 CFR 75.351 set forth by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and is the only post-accident, performance-tested, and NRTL-Listed CO sensor on the market [...]

Climate change and the need for environmentally responsible, cost effective and efficient methods of ore and tailings transport place great demands on […]

Kolkata-based CDE Asia has announced an expansion of its current material testing capability following an agreement with the Institute of Minerals and […]

Mincom, one of the leading global providers of software and services to asset-intensive industries, recently held its first ever mining IT summit […]

Modular Mining System, Inc (MMSI), one of the global leaders in mining systems technology, has announced an expansion of its value added services offering. Read […]

One of the world’s largest potash producers, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PotashCorp) has teamed up with joint venture partners, Redpath and Thyssen Mining in the newly formed Associated Mining Construction (AMC) for the first new potash mine shaft in Saskatchewan to have been built in over forty years - Scissors Creek.

Finning International has announced that its Canadian division has been selected as the mining equipment supplier by Thompson Creek Metals Co for […]