…out 5.5 million tons and New Future about 5.7 million tons in 2014, for a total of more than 11.2 million tons, easily eclipsing their combined 2013 total of 9.8 million tons, federal Mine Safety and Health Administration figures show. A further…
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…of handling 4,500 reports per minute and updating as often as every two seconds. It uses Self-Organizing Time Division Multiple Access (SOTDMA) technology to meet this high broadcast rate and ensure reliable ship-to-ship operation. Each station determines its own transmission schedule (slot),…
Technologies Collide for Surface Safety
…based on vehicle travel paths, speed, distance and other factors. “A radio connection provides direct communication among vehicles, removing the need for wireless network infrastructure,” Vice President of Product Innovation Michael Lewis said. “Unlike other systems that rely on shared bands to…
Cyclone Spares Australian Coal Mines
The ports, railroads and mines were prepared. All of the coal mines in the region are operational, according to Michael Roche, chief executive, Queensland Resource Council. Aurizon, the railroad that transports coal from the mines to the ports, said the Blackwater corridor…
UMWA Exits the Illinois Basin
…the Clean Air Act of 1970 caused ILB production to remain stagnant from 1970 to 1990 as many utilities decided to switch to western U.S. coals to meet the sulfur emissions limits imposed on coal-fired power plants. The implementation of the Clean…
MSHA Approves Strata Atmospheric Monitoring System
…thresholds, alarms are triggered and immediate notification is sent to the surface. To further enhance the knowledge of the mine environment post-accident, the Sentro CO sensor has a detection range of to 500 ppm. This enhanced range provides a high level of…
Bowie Resource Partners Eyeing IPO
…produce an aggregate of 13 million tons of high-BTU, low-sulfur coal annually. In late December, the company confirmed it had entered into a 15-year deal with PacifiCorp to supply all of the coal requirements for PacifiCorp’s Huntington Power Plant near Huntington, Utah,…
Coal Production Finishes Year Strong as Challenging 2015 Looms
…16, ILB and NYMEX CAPP mid-sulfur markers trade in a close price band, reflecting ongoing direct competition for domestic and export steam markets. CAPP producers have actively managed production to blunt growing production from ILB. ILB producers, for their part, have sought…
Mining the Iron Mountain
…present, our concentrate easily meets specifications for our main customers, of course,” said Michael Gaylard, acting director of freight and marketing. “Additionally, we are looking at opportunities to further reduce impurities and make the product more attractive to a number of niche…
Drilling Smarter, Drilling Better
…to further increase cable life. “The PV-311 increases productivity through increased tramming, feed, and retract speeds, in addition to increasing the rates of the non-value added functions of the machine such as setting up,” Atlas Copco designers said. “We have reduced the…
Caterpillar Furloughs Hundreds at Illinois Facilities
Cat spokeswoman Barbara Cox said the indefinite layoffs are expected to be effective January 19. The OEM has cited continued weak market conditions for the decision. Cox said it will offer support services to the impacted staff. Cat’s track-type tractors are among…
Ocean Freight Rates Remain Low
…to physically remove some of the vessel’s computers and other electronic equipment to a place where they will not deteriorate and can be maintained. Software, too, may need regular updating to avoid the ship, when she is eventually reactivated, being filled with…
Fatality review: 3 lives lost in 3Q
…areas, nearly no other factors were the same among the group. It is very important to note that, barring any further rashes of fatal injuries in the nation’s mines, U.S. coal could potentially have its safest year on record come December 31…
Green River Coal Plant Will Remain in Operation Until April 2016
…River’s two vintage units, dating from 1954 and 1959, respectively, are not equipped with pollution controls to sufficiently reduce mercury emissions. Because of the plant’s age, LG&E and KU opted not to spend the millions of dollars that would be necessary to…
DTE Energy Will Upgrade Plants to Comply With EPA Rules
Even if the plants are closed in the 2020s, the company still thinks it makes good business sense for its 2.1 million customers in southeastern Michigan to equip them with controls to meet the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Mercury and…
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