MSHA honours Massey operations for safety achievements
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in the USA has selected the Green Valley Preparation Plant and two mines operated by the Aracoma Coal Co to receive Pacesetter Awards for outstanding...
View ArticleMSHA certification for ActiveMine
Active Control Technology has applied to have key components of ActiveMineTM, a 100% wireless two-way voice communications and tracking system for underground miners, certified by the US Mine Safety...
View ArticleMine Safety Award Honorees Announced
WASHINGTON, DC – The Industrial Minerals Association – North America (IMA-NA) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced the companies and mining...
View ArticleKey Approval Granted for First-of-Kind Coal Mine Methane Mitigation Project...
MONTREAL, April 28 /CNW Telbec/ – Biothermica announces today it has received authorization from the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to proceed with the...
View ArticleKey Approval Granted for First-of-Kind Coal Mine Methane Mitigation Project...
MONTREAL, April 28 /CNW Telbec/ – Biothermica announces today it has received authorization from the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to proceed with the...
View ArticleActive Control installs first commercial ActiveMine system at West Virginia...
TORONTO, May 1, 2008 – Active Control Technology Inc. (TSX-V:ACT) announced today that it has sold and installed its first commercial deployment of ActiveMineTM, the company’s two-way wireless Wi-Fi...
View ArticleEx-Massey Energy chief starts a new mining company
Donald Blankenship, whose former coal company Massey Energy was fined a record $10.8 million for safety violations connected to the worst mining accident in 40 years, has started a new mining company...
View ArticleU.S. mining regulator tightens coal mines safety rules
As families and friends of dead miners mark the second anniversary of the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia on April 5, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration announced it would...
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Defence of West Virginia's former 'King of Coal' rests without calling witnesses
Former Massey Energy CEO, Don Blankenship, could face up to 30 years in prison. (Image: Screenshot via YouTube) The defence of ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, the man once known as West...
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Ex-Massey Energy CEO's fate in hands of West Virginia jury
Former Massey Energy CEO, Don Blankenship, could face up to 30 years in prison. (Image: Screenshot via YouTube) Members of a West Virginia jury have began deliberating the fate of former Massey...
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Mining deaths in the U.S. fell to historic low in 2015
Deaths in the mining industry, one of the most dangerous sectors for workers in the United States, dropped to historic lows last year, data published by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)...
View ArticleUS prosecutors want max of 1 year in prison for ex-Massey Energy CEO
U.S. prosecutors are urging a judge to give convicted ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship the maximum penalty of a year in prison and a $250,000 fine, for its participation in a 2010 West Virginia...
View ArticleEx-Massey Energy CEO Blankenship claims being a ‘political prisoner’
Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, who is serving a one-year sentence in a US prison for violating mine safety laws, is now calling himself an “American Political Prisoner.” In a 67-page booklet...
View ArticleEx-Massey Energy CEO and ex-con Blankenship running for US Senate
Ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, who served a one-year prison term on charges related to the deadliest US mine disaster, is now officially running for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia. Blankenship...
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