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Malaysia Coal Mining plans to build a 1.3 billion ringgit ($408 million) coal-fired power plant
Malaysia has scrapped plans to build a 1.3 billion ringgit ($408 million) coal-fired power plant in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island due to worries it would pollute the environment, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The 300MW-plant was to have been built near a tropical forest by a subsidiary of state-controlled utility Tenaga Nasional and a [...]
Mining Exploration Accident First ‘08, Miner Killed at Blue Ridge
Federal and state officials say an eastern Kentucky coal truck driver was killed at Blue Ridge surface mine in Letcher County. The mine is operated by the Cumberland River Coal Company, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Arch Coal.
Roy D. Sturgill, 29, of Isom died around 12:45 a.m. after his truck backed over a dumping point [...]
Mining Employer Accident in China ate paper
ELEVEN Chinese miners trapped underground for nearly six days by a tunnel collapse ate paper and chewed on a boiled leather belt to stay alive.
The miners were pulled out alive from the illegal iron and gold mine in northern China early yesterday, the Beijing News said, from the world’s deadliest mines, after a tunnel collapsed [...]
Trapped China miners ate paper, belt to survive
Eleven Chinese miners trapped underground for nearly six days by a tunnel collapse ate paper and chewed on a boiled leather belt to stay alive, local media said on Monday.
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The miners were pulled out alive from the illegal iron and gold mine in northern China early on Sunday, the Beijing News said, [...]
Massey considers raising high-end coal production
Massey Energy Co. is considering options for increasing the production of high-dollar metallurgical coal in hopes of taking advantage of strong demand from the steel industry.
Surging sales of so-called met coal helped the Richmond, Va.-based company increase its profit to $34.9 million in the second quarter, compared with $3.2 million in the same period of [...]
Mining battle marked by peaks and valleys
In the hamlets scattered across the coal fields of southern Appalachia, the news from the courthouse was a breath of fresh air to many: A federal judge had sided with environmentalists fighting to stop a form of destructive strip mining known as mountaintop removal.
Maria Gunnoe, 38, could barely contain her glee. Mountaintop-removal operations are [...]
China coal mine gas “burst” traps 11
A burst of gas trapped 11 coal miners in north China on Friday, Xinhua news agency said, the second such accident in the area in two days.
The burst, in which gas, coal and rock are expelled at high speed without catching fire, happened at the Taoer colliery in Handan, Hebei province, 440 km (270 miles) [...]
Mining battle marked by peaks and valleys
In the hamlets scattered across the coal fields of southern Appalachia, the news from the courthouse was a breath of fresh air to many: A federal judge had sided with environmentalists fighting to stop a form of destructive strip mining known as mountaintop removal.
Maria Gunnoe, 38, could barely contain her glee. Mountaintop-removal operations are leveling [...]
China: Latest Coal Mine Accidents Trap 45
Two separate coal mine accidents have trapped 45 workers underground, the official Xinhua news agency said, chronicling the latest tragedies to hit the world’s deadliest coal mining industry. Nine of 42 miners escaped after an explosion late Monday at the private Wangzhuang colliery in Henan Province, the report said.
