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Geotimes
April 2006
Robert Ferriter |
Digging Into Coal Mining Safety We owe the men and women who labor deep below ground and who risk their lives to provide our quality of life the best equipment, the best technology, the best training and the safest work environment our resources can provide. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2007
Carl Hoffman |
High-Tech Mining Makes Coal King of Fossil Fuels, But Is It Clean? The abundance of coal and new mining technology will make this the fuel of choice for power plants for years to come. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2010
David Hambling |
New Magnetic Tech Could Help Coal Mine Rescue Workers Talk Underground At least 25 people died in an explosion at a West Virginia coal mine on Monday. A new magnetic communicator could help first responders contact victims in these underground disasters. Here's how the device works. |
Geotimes
December 2007
George Luxbacher |
Underground Coal Mining Health and Safety: A View From the Inside Only through health and safety research programs, strong university programs in mining engineering and committed graduates will we push coal technology boundaries forward. |
Inc.
November 2008
April Joyner |
InSeT Plans to Make Mines Safer. InSeT proposes a wireless radio network to pinpoint trapped miners. Given the recent regulation for mines to install tracking systems, this product has the potential to sale at a high price. But will it stay at that high of a price? |
British Heritage
July 15, 2004
Judy P. Sopronyi |
The Tynewydd Colliery Disaster The heroes of this 1877 mining disaster in Wales worked doggedly to free their coworkers trapped deep below the surface in rising flood waters. |
AboutSafety
April 28, 2002 |
Digging For Answers Despite the headlines, union action and public outcry, there has been little improvement in the numbers of deaths and injuries in the mining sector... |
Geotimes
June 2003
Lisa A. Rossbacher |
The Springhill Mine Disaster The unthinkable happened when the Springhill Mine in Nova Scotia collapsed in 1958. The collapse and the individual and collective fates of the miners is the topic of a remarkable new book, Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster, written by Melissa Fay Greene. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2010
Christopher Barker |
Why Mining Fortunes Are Yet to Be Made As a group, miners have scarcely begun to adapt to growing market demand. |
Geotimes
August 2003
Tim Palucka |
Robot maps coal mine in 3-D In July 2002, the Quecreek mine accident in Pennsylvania revealed the deficiencies of outdated 2-D mine maps. If a new 3-D mapping robot now deployed emerges at the other end of a Pennsylvania coal mine, it will be a new era for mapping the underground world. |
Mother Jones
August 1999
Maryanne Vollers |
Razing Appalachia First they dug out the land. Then they strip mined it. Now Big Coal is leveling the mountains themselves--and tearing communities apart. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2010
Christopher Barker |
Take a Western Migration to Coal Near-term difficulties in Appalachia persist. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2009
Christopher Barker |
The Golden Eagle Breaks a Wing Agnico-Eagle shares had soared to a 46% gain for 2009 just a couple of weeks ago, but they've come crashing down to Earth in recent days. |
The Motley Fool
September 24, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Reconsidering the Power to Move Mountains A 2007 court ruling regarding the environmentally destructive process of mountaintop removal by Appalachian coal miners is currently being appealed by Massey Energy and the West Virginia Coal Association. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2009
Christopher Barker |
Obama vs. Coal The new administration places Appalachian coal miners on notice. |
Geotimes
April 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Need a Job? Coal Workers Wanted As the demand for coal increases, the demand for coal workers is also rising, at a time when a notable dearth of mining engineering geologists and other workers is coming down the pipe. |
Mother Jones
February 2001
Ron Nixon |
Waiting to Exhale New federal rules could help coal miners breathe easier... |
Science News
April 28, 2007 |
Timeline: From the April 24, 1937, issue Mystery mine in Blue Ridge revealed as U.S. test tunnel... Major forward step made toward chlorophyll synthesis... |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2011
Christopher Barker |
HudBay Minerals Flies South for the Winter Despite a history of labor issues, Peru remains a global hot spot for copper. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2011
Christopher Barker |
Has Massey Become a Tough Pill to Swallow? Massey leaves a sour taste, but will it offer just deserts? |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2009
Christopher Barker |
Bury Your Gold Underground Agnico-Eagle is like an underground gold vault ... the company is literally sitting on at least 18.1 million mineable ounces. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2009
Christopher Barker |
5 Top Coal Picks for the Next 20 Years While the coal market endures seismic shifts, the long-term outlook remains sound. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Newmont, New Money Posting another banner quarter, Newmont Mining reassures jilted gold investors to return to this sector. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2009
Christopher Barker |
Your Very Own Canary in a Coal Mine Digging beneath the surface to uncover the big picture for coal. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2009
Christopher Barker |
Coal Fires Massey's Earnings Massey Energy stoked this Fool's confidence, but better options abound. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Production Is Falling Off a Cliff As steel production worldwide has been abruptly curtailed, Cliffs Natural Resources is cutting back its anticipated levels by 39%. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2007
Ron Vlieger |
Joy (Global) to the World! Leading manufacturer of mining equipment Joy Global announces glad tidings in their fourth-quarter reports. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2006
Jason Mac Gurn |
Mine Safety's "Mad Money" Boost If management can succeed in its efforts to preserve the top line while improving the bottom line, shareholders would be very pleased in the long run. |
The Motley Fool
July 3, 2008
Christopher Barker |
This Week in Commodities Despite the shortened week for the 4th of July, there were plenty of fireworks within the volatile world of commodities. |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
Carol Matlack |
Looking for Gold in the Distant Past New mining technology and high prices are making it profitable to reopen old mines. Production costs are lower than in South Africa. |
Geotimes
July 2004
Jay Chapman |
Illegal Uranium Mining in Congo U.N. officials expressed fears that undocumented uranium ore leaving the mine in the southeastern province of Katanga could make its way into the hands of terrorists. |
