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MSHA chief pledges lower dust limits for miners
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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The agency's new regulatory agenda also calls for proposing regulations requiring coal dust monitors for individual miners next April and new standards for breathable silica dust in April 2011. Both dusts are common in underground coal mines and inhaling...
Tags: San Francisco, Industrial hygiene, Environment, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Safety engineering, Coal dust, Disaster Accident, Pulmonology, Occupational diseases, Coal mining, Coal, Occupational safety and health, Dust, Silicosis, Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
Consol idling two mines, blames environmentalists
Charleston :: WV :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Coal miner Consol Energy Inc launched an attack on environmentalists on Tuesday, blaming ecological "activism" for forcing it to idle two mines in West Virginia that employ nearly 500 workers. "It is unfortunate, at a time when reliable and affordable...
Tags: Fola Coal Co, Consol Energy Inc, Fola Operations, OVEC, fola operating, Charleston, Consol, CONSOL Energy, Business Finance, Coal mining, Coal
Four die in coal mine in central Iran
Tehrān :: Iran | 1 day ago
Credibility The report of the four being poisoned by toxic gas comes as earlier last week two other miners suffocated in another mine in the same province. Officials have described a lack of on-site supervision, poor management and inadequate safety measures as the...
Tags: Iran, Tehrān, Environment, Mining accident, Coal mining, Disaster Accident
Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Singapore :: Singapore | 1 day ago
Credibility The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0600 GMT on Tuesday. ** Shareholders in Australian coal miner Felix Resources Ltd (FLX.AX) approved a A$3.3 billion ($3.0 billion) takeover...
Tags: votes cast, Yanzhou Coal Mining Co, Felix Resources Ltd, Singapore, Yanzhou, Business Finance, Yanzhou Coal Mining Company, Mergers and acquisitions, Coal in Australia, Coal phase out, Corporate finance, Mining in Australia, Coal mining, China Securities Regulatory Commission
Kennedy calls mountaintop removal mining a crime
Charleston :: SC :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Kennedy Jr. said Monday that mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia is a crime, and that if the American people could see it, there would be a revolution. "We are cutting down the Appalachian Mountains, these historic landscapes where Daniel Boone and...
Tags: Charleston, Environment, Mountaintop removal mining, Environmental issues with mining, Coal, Mining, Coal mining, Coal River, Appalachia, Maria Gunnoe, Surface mining, Water pollution, Massey Energy
China Coal Mine Death Toll Higher, Says Victim Relatives
Hegang :: China | 6 days ago
Credibility A gas explosion in a mine killed many of their loved ones and the “comfort teams” the company provides, to help assuage their grief, are instead hiding information and acting violently, according to one family. The total death toll remains unknown as...
Tags: Mr. Li, coal mining, death toll, family member, monitoring technician, gas monitoring, loved ones, China, Hegang, Disaster Accident
Feds: Education, stricter enforcement, new regulations can help curb black lung in coal miners
Beckley :: WV :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility The federal government has unveiled a new plan to combat black lung disease, an incurable ailment that has killed roughly 10,000 coal miners this decade. Mine Safety and Health Administration director Joseph Main revealed the plan Thursday in Beckley,...
Tags: Beckley, Industrial hygiene, Environment, United Mine Workers of America, Safety engineering, Politics, Coal, Coal mining, Disaster Accident, Dust, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Coalworker's pneumoconiosis
China tightens fire control in colleges
Xinhua :: China | 7 days ago
Credibility China's Ministry of Education and Ministry of Public Security jointly issued a circular Thursday ordering colleges and universities to intensify fire control as winter comes. School managers were told to ensure new and renovated buildings meet fire-proof...
Tags: China, coal mines, gas explosion, fire control, mines gas, Xinhua, Disaster Accident, Environment, Xinhua News Agency, Education, Firefighting, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Coal mining, Firedamp
Commerce Lexington adopts pro-coal position in new policy statement
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility In its 2009 policy, the group acknowledged that coal has meant low energy rates in Kentucky, but noted that federal action was likely to place further restrictions on emissions. That policy called on policy makers to help utilities "and mitigate price...
Tags: Dori Hjalmarson Commerce Lexington, Eastern Kentucky, Central Kentucky, University of Kentucky, Kentucky Coal Association, coal industry, Chad Harpole, policy statement, Lexington, Kentucky, Coal, Coal mining
NTPC to buy 2 coal mines in Indonesia
New Delhi :: India | 9 days ago
Credibility Sharma did not confirm the size of the acquisition, its cost or other details...The generator is facing an acute coal shortage at its projects across the country. It has a total requirement of 125 million tonnes per annum and planned to meet demand by...
Tags: NTPC, coal mining, million tonnes, R S Sharma, India, New Delhi, Environment, National Thermal Power Corporation, Energy in India, Fuels, Economic geology, Coal, Disaster Accident
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