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The Underground Mine Ventilation listserver This service for underground mine ventilation professionals was organised by the Underground Ventilation Committee of the SME in the USA and has been active for around 15 years with a membership of more than 350 … Continued

Neighbors of the Abkhorak coal mine were among the rescuers who managed to bring 100 miners to safety after 28 miners perished in a coal mine blast in northern Afghanistan. Author: Dorothy Kosich RENO (MINEWEB) –  When 57 miners were trapped … Continued

CASPER, Wyo. — Three coal miners are recovering from second- and third-degree burns at a hospital in Greeley, Colo., after coal dust ignited at North Antelope Rochelle mine in Campbell County. The miners’ identities were not released. The men were burnt Tuesday … Continued

ASBESTOS RELIEF TRUST MARKS 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH A LOOK AT WHERE WE STAND IN CONQUERING THE SCOURGE OF ASBESTOS IN SA. The Asbestos Relief Trust (ART), which was founded to provide adequate compensation for qualifying persons suffering with asbestos … Continued

The Kgalagadi Relief Trust (KRT), which was formed in March 2006, held its annual general meeting in Johannesburg yesterday. Chairman of the KRT, Phiroshaw Camay said it was critically important to remember the dangers which asbestos still presented despite the … Continued

This is a new generation of Minetec’s Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) for vehicle and personnel position reporting and tracking.   Trax+Tags II incorporates the WASP (Wireless Ad-hoc System for Positioning System), developed by CSIRO, to address challenging tracking and navigation applications not … Continued

Contractors failed to follow standard safety practices. HOUSTON, Aug. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — An explosion and fire during a construction project last November on a Gulf of Mexico oil production platform operated by Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC occurred after contractors … Continued

QUEENSLAND’s struggling mine operators have been put on notice: don’t make safety a casualty of cutbacks. Queensland’s Commissioner for Mine Safety and Health, Stewart Bell, made the call yesterday, voicing concern that mine companies, in a bid to maintain viability amid falling commodity prices, could … Continued

By Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST) 19 August 2013 Dust is an ever present issue on site, but when this is coal dust the problem is multiplied. Coal dust particles are often small enough to easily be inhaled, and can lead … Continued