Due to its ability to extract very high percentages of the available seam, longwall mining now accounts for nearly 50% of all underground mining operations. However, any mining operation comes with a ...

A Lake Macquarie Landcare group says longwall coal mining is threatening the viability of a local creek, which has developed cracks in its bed up to 10 centimetres wide. Greens' MLC Lee Rhiannon will ...

Whitehaven Coal Limited has placed an order for 50 Cat ® longwall roof supports to extend its Narrabri North longwall from 300 meters to 400 meters—to increase production and reduce costs. Already ...

WITT, Ill. — The nation’s hunt for fuel soon may sweep below the lush fields of corn and soybeans here, and it could dramatically change the prairie landscape. Two mining companies want to dig for ...

A 30-year-old mining technique is becoming all that's keeping a group of U.S. coal producers from joining their competitors in bankruptcy. Coal, already locked in a battle with cheap natural gas, now ...

In the recent past, there was a radical new technology to make work easier and dramatically increase productivity. It would reduce much of the drudgery of work and transform the industry. I am ...

(Representative image) Preliminary reports indicate that a few more miners were injured in the mishap while they were on coal excavation operation Photo: Getty Images Five workers, including four ...