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Coal Mining Company, Patriot Agree To Pay Civil Penalty Clean Water Act Violation
Third Largest Penalty for Discharge Permit Violations
Patriot Coal Corporation, one of the largest coal mining companies in the United States, has agreed to pay a $6.5 million civil penalty to settle violations of the Clean Water Act,
Western Canadian Coal Find More Fund to Acquire U.K.’s Cambrian Mining Plc
Coal miner Western Canadian Coal Corp. is mulling a merger with a major shareholder to help it cope with the ongoing economic uncertainty.
Coal Mines Industry Snatching Up Coal Mining Engineering Students
The coal industry is so hungry for workers that at least some coal companies are snatching up coal mining engineering students before they make it through four years of college.
“Our mining engineering technology only has about 10 students in the entire program right now,” Roger Owensby said. “Some students start out in the program, but [...]
Blankenship says Massey struggled for miners
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. is claiming it suffered at least $185 million in damages by being shorted in deliveries of coal by Massey Energy Corp. subsidiary Central West Virginia Energy Corp. in 2004 and 2005.
The suit against Massey is in its fourth week in Brooke County Circuit Court before Judge Martin Gaughan and a five-woman, three-man [...]
Mine-1-1 Product Offering Successfully Demonstrated at One of Brooks Run’s Coal Mines in West Virginia
iPackets International, Inc., a developer and provider of wireless communications software and equipment for the mine-safety industry, is pleased to announce that the Company along with its two partners, AFL Network Services’ Enterprise Division (”AFL”), and Mainline Communications (”Mainline”), have successfully demonstrated the Mine-1-1 comprehensive wireless mine-safety product offering to Brooks Run Mining Co., LLC [...]
Jeweler Makes A Symbol for Fallen Coal Miners
A Morgantown jeweler has created a design to honor working men and women across the country and our West Virginia coal miners in particular.
The Everettville Historical Society wants to create a memorial for the more than 100 miners who died in a mining accident in 1926. The society will sell the jewelry to raise money [...]
GLOBAL MINING Risc LLC To Reduce Risk
New York & Lexington, KY Christensen, a capital-markets advisory firm, and Engineering Consulting Services Inc. (ECSI), a multi-disciplinary engineering, mining, and environmental-services consultancy (both with over 25 years in business),recently announced the creation of their joint venture, Global Mining RiSC LLC (“GMR”). This new corporation will be providing integrated, comprehensive risk analysis; safety and training [...]
Coal Cos. Mull Tighter Safety Standards
For an industry and state still reeling from the Sago Mine explosion that killed 12 men Jan. 2, 2006, what happened 17 days later at the Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine was unthinkable.
Two more miners died in what investigators later concluded was a preventable conveyer belt fire. Preventable because the mine’s owner, Richmond, Va.-based coal [...]
Before fatality, inspector at Armstrong mine knew he couldn’t do the job
In the weeks before a roof fall killed a 26-year-old miner in Armstrong County’s Tracy Lynne Mine last year, the mine was being inspected by an industrial hygienist with virtually no underground mine experience.
The federal employee, Dennis Lowmaster, had briefly worked with a journeyman inspector at Tracy Lynne, but then the more experienced inspector was [...]
