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University of Alaska Southeast Installs $800K Underground Mining Simulator

An $800K underground mining simulator has been installed in Juneau in the University of Alaska Southeast - now the only school with an simulator of this kind in the United States, reports Juneau Empire.
The mining center had to look to South Africa for the technology as no outfit in the U.S. builds mining simulation of this sophistication. South African technicians traveled to Juneau to help shake out the bugs and train UAS mining instructors on the technology. The simulator, named Cybermine, was created by ThoroughTec Simulation based in South Africa. It will be used to prepare entry-level miners for hard rock mining jobs and to provide opportunity for seasoned miners to hone their skills.
Joanna Gaskell - Education Editor | February 27, 2012 | 10:39 am

Molycorp fires up new rare earths plant

Molycorp, the company in the process of expanding and modernizing a mine and processing plant closed down in 2002, this week announced the sequential start-up of its Project Phoenix rare earth manufacturing facility.
Andrew Topf | February 26, 2012 | 1:25 am

Soft coal market has Alpha Natural Resources focusing priorities

Alpha Natural Resources took a $.73 billion hit in the fourth-quarter, but the US coal producer, the third largest of coking coal in the world, said it has a strategy to counter weak US coal markets by cutting production and concentrating on met coal used in steelmaking.
Andrew Topf | February 25, 2012 | 8:14 pm