2018 US Prep Plant Census
Owners make investments to improve processing operations by steve fiscor, editor For the most...
Retrofit-ready Solutions Target Primary Needs
With a market increasingly in search of options, suppliers promote solutions that speak to...
New Techniques for Tackling Corrosion
As the saying goes, rust never sleeps, but mine and plant operators are waking up to new...
The Benefits of Modern Drives
Several new drive configurations offer improvement for different aspects of mine operations by...
Designed to Stay Off Your Mind
The latest in screening solution offerings are promoted as producing results while reducing labor...
Technology vs. Sales — The Ongoing Battle in the Blasting Business
How to avoid getting caught up in technology hype that does not present any real advantage by anthony konya and dr. calvin j. konya A good technological approach to blasting has been distorted for decades to help increase the...
Cat Announces 2 New Ultra-class Trucks
Cat Global Mining recently introduction the new Cat 798 AC and the 796 AC, expanding its mining truck line. The new electric-drive 798 AC features a 372-metric-ton (mt) payload. The new electric-drive 796 AC delivers 326-mt...
Cloud Peak Considers Sale
Cloud Peak Energy’s board of directors, its management team, and legal and financial advisors have initiated a review of strategic alternatives, which includes the potential sale of the company. “While our board is undertaking...
Corsa Completes Equipment Upgrade
Corsa Coal reported third-quarter sales of 455,525 tons of metallurgical coal. On a year-to-date basis, low-volatile met coal sales volumes are up 17% versus 2017, and total met sales volumes are up 22% compared to year-to-date...
Bluestone Resources Adds 290 Jobs at West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia Coal Mines
Bluestone Resources is hiring 290 additional workers at its coal mines across West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky. The new jobs will be created at the Keystone Surface Mine in McDowell County and the Bishop Surface Mine in...
Solar Sources Resumes Coal Production at Cannelburg Mine
For the first time in several years, Solar Sources Inc.’s Cannelburg surface steam coal mine in Daviess County, Indiana, is back in production, to help fulfill new sales contracts and for blending purposes, according to Felson...
Indiana Coal Mining Rebounding
While Indiana may not produce 39 million tons of steam coal like it did in 2013 anytime soon, the state’s coal industry is on the rebound with at least a couple of new mines planned, the recent resumption of production at...
Ukraine’s Coal Imports Continue to Climb
Imports of coal to Ukraine rose to 15.6 million metric tons (mt) for the first nine months of 2018, a 20% year-on-year increase, valued at $2.2 billion, according to Interfax. Ukraine imported coal worth $1.4 billion from Russia...
China Clamps Down on Thermal Coal Imports
Chinese demand for Australian thermal coal was stronger than expected in the first half of 2018, but softened in September after the Chinese government imposed unofficial restrictions on coal imports in a bid to prop-up its...
Siemens, Bentley to Offer Integrated APM Solution for Power Plants
Siemens and Bentley Systems have announced a joint technology and service solution, consisting of their complementary offerings, to speed up the digitalization of power plants and provide intelligent analytics with a range of...
Sulzer Signs Deal With Nidec Industrial Solutions
As part of a growing portfolio of services, Sulzer has signed an agreement with Nidec Industrial Solutions that will introduce customers to the high performance, energy-efficient drives with class-leading maintenance services....
Polydeck Celebrates 40th
On October 11, Polydeck Screen Corp. celebrated its 40th anniversary at the company’s Spartanburg, South Carolina, campus. It was a two-day celebration attended by employees, partners and affiliates. The anniversary merits both...
Stockpile Management
Kespry’s new enterprise-grade inventory management monitors, reconciles, and manages inventory data across sites, product lines and divisions. Users can reconcile data from their drone surveys with data from ERP and other...
Gas Detector Released to NA Markets
Dräger released the X-am 8000 multigas detector to the U.S. and Canada markets. It can simultaneously detect up to seven gases, including flammable gases, vapors and oxygen. The company described it as smaller, lighter,...
Clamping Strips for Trefoil Clamping
Beele Engineering announced new clamping strips that secure three high-tension cables in a trefoil clamp, dubbed the RockRoller. The strips, made of Beele’s NOFIRNO rubber, help bundle high-voltage wires that will cross...
FROM THE EDITOR – OCTOBER 2018 – Emerging Asian Opportunities
Emerging Asian Opportunities As the fourth quarter begins, U.S. coal production is tracking about 3% less than last year. If that remained the case for the rest of the year, total U.S. coal production would be a little more than...
FROM THE EDITOR – SEPTEMBER 2018 – Clean, Affordable Energy from Coal
This month, the Coal in the News section opens with a report on the new Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. During August, Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), signed the...
Exporting: An Important Revenue Stream for Energy Producers
by jim burrows Coal companies across the United States are benefiting from exporting. Selling overseas is a great way to grow a business and boost the bottom line. In fact, U.S. coal exports have increased by 61% in 2017, as...
LED Light Reduces Roof Bolter Lighting Glare
by john j. sammarco Fortunately, there is an overall trend of increasing mineworker safety in the United States. One example is the rate per 200,000 hours worked of coal mining nonfatal lost-time injuries was 2.57 during 2009...
Studying Longwall Ventilation With Physical Modeling
by vasu gangrade, samuel harteis and james addis Ventilation is the primary method for controlling gas and dust during longwall mining. It is not only important for controlling dust particulates, but also for maintaining...
NMA Joins Federal Agencies to Honor Achievements in Mine Safety
The National Mining Association (NMA), the U.S. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) and Bureau of Land...
Spring Creek Mine Receives National Association of State Land Reclamationists Award
Cloud Peak Energy’s Spring Creek mine, located near Decker, Montana, received the 2018 Outstanding Reclamation Award from the National Association of State Land Reclamationists (NASLR) for effective reclamation and innovative...
The Next Chapter in Coal’s Convalescence
by luke popovich When you think of our industry today, imagine a spry, healthy senior — suddenly hit in a crosswalk by a drunk driver who runs a red light. The victim is now out of intensive care, regaining with the help of...
Life After Death
In my downtown Washington neighborhood, a sign above my friend’s parking space waxes philosophical about a chronic urban problem: Is there life after death? Park here and find out. At times over the last few years, many in the...
Kolberg Pioneer, Johnson Crushers International Inc. and Astec Mobile Screens Inc.
Kolberg Pioneer, Johnson Crushers International Inc. and Astec Mobile Screens Inc. promoted Darren Kirby to North America sales director, East. Kirby has been employed at KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens since 2007, most...
Motion Industries
Motion Industries promoted Pamela Sims to vice president of marketing. Sims joined Motion Industries in 2004, starting in market research. Her career quickly evolved, and she most recently served as the company’s director of...
Accident Investigation? What Could Go Wrong?
by avi meyerstein You may have some work to do to prepare for your next accident. How you handle the minutes, hours, and days following an accident can determine what kind of mess you may be dealing with — or not — for years to...
Mining is Critical Infrastructure
by erik dullea There are two types of companies in America — those who have been hacked and those who don’t know they’ve been hacked. The gravity of this statement is even more troubling for the mining industry and your role in...
