The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has proposed nearly $1.2 million in civil penalties to Illinois coal mine operator M-Class Mining for trying to conceal a fire that broke out on a longwall section on August 13, 2021. Read full article.
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State-run Coal India said it will commission the Siarmal coal mine in eastern Odisha state, India, as the country struggles to keep up with power demand, reported Reuters. Read full article.
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MSHA recently released its final report for a fatal machinery incident that occurred July 21 of last year at the Thunder Basin Coal Black Thunder surface coal mine in Wyoming. Read full article.
Read MoreEight people have died and another 18 have suffered injuries after a shaft collapse at the Soko coal operation in central Serbia. According to reports by the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, the collapse trapped the miners and also released methane into the operation’s workings, suffocating those that perished. The incident occurred around 4:00 a.m. local time 1 April at…
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala have signed an agreement to settle a legal dispute over the Turow open-pit coal mine that lies on the Polish side of the border.
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