March 4, 2010 The fortunes of iron ore and its many good bedmates The broad, heavy, heave continues towards integrated steelmakers, and upstream to iron ore, coking coal, manganese, nickel, and even molybdenum and cobalt.
March 1, 2010 Australian coal projects threaten agricultural land Farmers say planned mines could damage water aquifiers that sustain the Gunnedah Basin
February 26, 2010 Automated gas detector management with iNet As reported by International Longwall News – AS evidenced just this week at Patriot Coal’s Federal operation in West Virginia, gas issues […]
February 25, 2010 Bucyrus boosts earnings BUCYRUS has increased net earnings 24% year-on-year in 2009 to $US313 million despite the global financial crisis, while the major OEM is […]
February 24, 2010 Officials working to contain Kentucky slurry spill DETAILS are still coming in after a coal slurry spill at a Massey Energy complex in Kentucky on Tuesday…..more at International Longwall […]
February 24, 2010 Shifts policy under Qld govt review UNION efforts closed down all nine BHP Mitsubishi Alliance coal mines on Tuesday for half a day, drawing attention to the company’s […]
February 24, 2010 Gas explosion kills 17 Turkish mineworkers Turkish television reported that an explosion in a coal mine in northwest Turkey, killed 17 but, 28 workers were pulled out of the rubble alive
February 22, 2010 Komatsu earthmoving fleet hits coal goals A $90 million fleet of Komatsu mining equipment, delivered to Macarthur Coal’s Moorvale mine in central Queensland in late 2008, has helped the mine achieve record production levels as it…
February 19, 2010 B.C. mining, drilling ban a done deal Backed by the words “Partnering to Protect Our Shared Environment,” Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell signed an […]
February 19, 2010 Mountaintop Removal Mining: Why There’s No Such Thing as ‘Clean Coal’ Today, bloggers all over the internet are pulling together for a Social Media Day of Action. Here are the deets, according to […]
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