Monthly Archives: February 2012

Alpha Natural Resources becomes most recent US coal producer idling mines

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin

Alpha Natural Resources on Friday became the latest US coal producer proclaim cutbacks due to slackening demand. The company will straight away mothball four mines in central Appalachia, plans to idle two more by early next year and scale back … Continue reading →

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World initial mobile underground mine gas lab launched

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin

Queensland has reveal the world’s first mobile mine gas laboratory for mine emergency. Stirling Hinchliffe, the state’s mines minister, said the automatic mobile laboratory was developed by the Safety in Mines Testing and Research Station (SIMTARS), which also formed new … Continue reading →

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