"All the development and transfer efforts were made exactly in time, so first metric tons of coal have already been mined in the longwall these days," the company said KEMEROVO, July 11. /TASS/. The ...

Mindset Mining Consultants MD Alan Gissing and senior mining engineer Ronnie van Eeden discuss a recently completed longwall mining feasibility study conducted for energy and chemicals company Sasol.

Despite longwall mining being an efficient way of extracting coal, it produces dangerous methane gas that has the potential to lead to explosions in underground mines. Researchers from West Virginia ...

Residents of Oak Grove and Adger are demanding transparency and accountability around the mine expanding under their community. Public officials and regulators have remained largely silent in the face ...

A collision between two scoops in an underground mine resulted in a shifting longwall shield that fatally crushed a worker. Federal investigators are examining a fatal accident involving heavy ...