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REPORT: MAC releases sustainability results

OTTAWA –  The Mining Association of Canada has released its 2016 Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) progress report. The report takes a look […]

A “Cool” Look at a “Hot” Idea

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...

Enhanced training through advanced simulation pays off

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...

MOTORS: Siemens offers new line of explosion proof models

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...

Close Counts

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...

Almost Ready

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.