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Cat scales back room and pillar business

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 20, 2016 | 3:35 am Energy Asia Australia China Europe Coal 

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) is moving away from room and pillar mining, a business that services mostly coal companies in the US. Tom Bluth, the company’s vice-president of surface mining and technology, noted the decision to put the unit up for sale...

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