Remembering the Hillcrest mining disaster
Underground coal mining has been synonymous with danger for much of its history. While coal miners faced dangers found in all underground […]
Underground coal mining has been synonymous with danger for much of its history. While coal miners faced dangers found in all underground […]
Betty Jean Hall, a pioneering lawyer who dedicated her life to advocating for women in the mining industry, passed away on Aug. […]
NOVA SCOTIA – Royalty holder Morien Resources passed along an update from Kameron Collieries on the construction of the Donkin coal mine […]
This is the time of year that many mining companies release their preliminary 2016 production numbers and guidance for 2017. Cameco Corp. […]
TORONTO – The latest study from the Fraser Institute says that closing Ontario’s coal-fired power plants had very little effect on reducing […]
OTTAWA – The Mining Association of Canada has released its 2016 Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) progress report. The report takes a look […]
The Canadian coal mining industry is in a huge state of flux right now, to say the very least. Policy changes at […]
Coal, the other “black gold,” is one of the more abundant yet least popular rocks on the planet. It’s not only one […]
BC’s coal mining industry has always had more heroes than villains over its tumultuous 150-year history.
Converting the geothermal energy captured from the nearby Springhill coal mine is an innovative and imaginative process that town engineers have incorporated into the design of the town’s new Dr. Carson & Marion Murray Community...
Canadian mining giant Teck Coal has more than 3000 employees, 400 mine haul trucks, shovels, drills and other surface mining machines; all of which are focussed on its 620 million tonnes of reserves at six metallurgical coal mines in...
ATLANTA - Siemens Industry, a leader in the development and manufacturing of innovative motors, introduces its toughest line-up to date, the XP100, designed specifically for hazardous operating environments such as the petrochemical and...
Eighty-five hundred and fifty kilometers isn't exactly what you'd call "close," but that's how far Walter Energy Western Coal (formerly Western Coal Corp) has been shipping high-grade metallurgical coal from its mines in northeast British...
As a child growing up in the Cape Breton coal-mining community of Glace Bay, John Morgan attended Warden United Church and, to this day, he remembers the stained glass windows and the coal miners depicted alongside the usual religious imagery.