The West Virginia Coal Association and state regulators have confirmed the new set of rules that will dictate age requirements for new mine rescue team members and new outlines for mine examinations are coming into effect on January 10. Full story.
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Fallen Heroes Mine Rescue Contest just days away
As the North American industry nears the end of its peak mine rescue competition season, there is one more sizable contest to be held: the Fallen Heroes Mine Rescue Contest, set for next week in southern West Virginia. Full story.
Read MoreAnglo assembles QLD’s first all-female rescue team
Anglo American is introducing Women of Steel, the first all-female mine rescue team in Queensland, which was formed from its workers at the Capcoal open cut operation near Middlemount. Full story.
Read MoreBluefield Show, International Mines Rescue offering busy September
September in the Appalachian region’s mining industry is shaping up to be a busy month between two events that draw respectable audiences each year, the Bluefield Coal and Mining Show in Bluefield, W. Va., and the International Mines Rescue Competition being held in nearby Beaver. Read full article.
Read MoreBodies of remaining missing workers found at Trevali’s Perkoa
Trevali Mining has confirmed that its search team has recovered the bodies of two workers, the last unaccounted for from a group of eight trapped underground following a flooding event on 16 April at the Perkoa zinc operation in Burkina Faso. The victims were located on 8 June and 19 June during dewatering activities at the 640 and 670 levels,…
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