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Peng selected as WVU honorary degree recipient

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Dr. Syd Peng

For his leadership in mining education, WVU President Michael T. Benson selected Syd Peng, Charles E. Lawall Chair of Mining Engineering Emeritus in the WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, for the first presidential honorary degree he will bestow. Peng has served as the Charles E. Lawall Chair of Mining Engineering Emeritus since his 2013 retirement…

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Anglo American coal operations hit autonomous milestone

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Anglo American’s 10-year vision for a “mine of the future” became reality when all of its underground coal mines in Australia’s Bowen Basin began operating simultaneously from Remote Operation Centres (ROCs). Additionally, the Central Queensland underground operations have notched up 10,000 longwall mining shears from those ROCs, another remarkable feat. Matthew Wakeford, Anglo American Australia automation superintendent, said the rapid…

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