Safe work near drawpoints in underground mines SafeToWork - Sydney,NSW,Australia May 1, 2008 QUEENSLAND's Department of Mines and Energy has released a...
Deployment of wireless Wi-Fi communications system heralds new era of mine safety and productivity TORONTO, May 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Active Control...
Competition to sharpen mine rescue teams' skills ABC Online - Australia May 2, 2008 The annual Chamber of Minerals and Energy mine rescue competition begins in...
Nine killed in cage plunge at Gold Fields Mining MX - Sandton,South Africa May 1, 2008 Nine workers were killed at Gold Fields' South Deep mine in South Africa...
Labor secretary honors rescuers Salt Lake Tribune - United States May 2, 2008 WASHINGTON - Labor Secretary Elaine Chao awarded one of the department's top...
MSHA: Small Mines Office Improves Safety, Reduces Fatalities Occupational Hazards - Cleveland,OH,USA By Laura Walter May 2, 2008 Since the creation of its...
Coal boom allows Alpha to share the wealth By Bill Archer Bluefield (WV) Daily Telegraph May 2, 2008 CUCUMBER - With metallurgical coal spot market prices...
Murray says 2 Ohio mines could close 1,000 miners could lose jobs in Belmont, Monroe counties Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA By M.R. KROPKO AP...
Silver Valley marks anniversary of Sunshine Mine fire KXLY - Spokane,WA,USA May 2, 2008 KELLOGG, ID. -- It was a solemn day in Idaho's Silver Valley as friends...
Centralia Documentary Playing in Pottsville WNEP-TV - Scranton,PA,USA May 3, 2008 A mine fire that broke out in Columbia County in the early 1960s eventually...
Engineering firm 'shocked' by mine accident Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa May 3, 2008 Construction company Murray & Roberts said on Friday it was...
Sunshine Mine fire remembered Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA May 3, 2008 KELLOGG, Idaho - The 91 men who perished when they were trapped by fire in the...
Four missing in China's Hunan after coal mine gas outburst Xinhua - China May 4, 2008 CHANGSHA, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Four workers were missing on Sunday after a...
Symposium to address mine safety Likely focus will be on 'bounces' and 'bumps,' which doomed the nine miners in Utah May 4, 2008 Two weeks before the first...
Seven killed in coal mine collapse Times of India - India May 5, 2008 DHANBAD: Seven people stealing coal from an abandoned open mine were killed on Sunday...
Two killed, two missing in coal mine gas blast Xinhua - China May 5, 2008 CHANGSHA, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have retrieved two bodies as of Monday from a...
2 missing, 25 rescued in Brazil coal mine explosion BusinessWeek - USA May 5, 2008 An explosion ripped through a coal mine in southern Brazil on Monday,...
Active Control unveils breakthrough "Starfish(TM)" feature for ActiveMine wireless communications system May 6, 2008 TORONTO, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -...
12 Indonesian gold miners killed, nine missing in landslide Monsters and Critics.com - USA May 6, 2008 Jakarta - At least 12 illegal gold miners were killed in...
Competition is on for rescue teams Timmins Daily Press - Timmins,Ontario,Canada May 7, 2008 Dean Peters quickly works to re-assemble a breathing apparatus in...
Crandall Canyon report to be released Thursday Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA May 7, 2008 WASHINGTON - The House Education and Labor Committee expects to...
Hot competition for mine rescue teams Timmins Daily Press - Timmins,Ontario,Canada May 9, 2008 The Mine Rescue Competition kicked off at the Whitney Arena on...
Rep. George Miller seeks criminal investigation into Crandall Canyon Mine deaths The Martinez congressman says the mine operator may have 'willfully misled'...
Down below in the coal dust A reporter writes of her trip into the bowels of a mine and her awe at the big machines that pull the coal out of the earth. By...
State's new Office of Mine Safety open, seeks a director Salt Lake Tribune - United States May 10, 2008 The state Office of Coal Mine Safety is open. And it...
Ray of hope for mine disasters Akron's InSeT Systems develops way to track workers underground Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA May 11, 2008 Russell...
Training key to jobs for inexperienced coal miners Beckley Register-Herald (subscription) - Beckley,WV,USA by Matthew Hill May 12, 2008 The key to unlocking...
MSHA urges public to Stay Out and Stay Alive 7thSpace Interactive (press release) - New York,NY,USA May 12, 2008 WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Labor's...
MSHA: Violations contributed to miner's death Forbes - NY,USA Associated Press May 12, 2008 Federal investigators have issued two citations for safety...
One killed, one seriously injured in Slovak mining accident Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK May 14, 2008 Bratislava - One Slovak miner was killed and...