
A blast record down under for BME’s AXXIS
BME’s AXXIS digital initiation system, Omnia Subsidiary Advanced Initiating Systems (AIS) successfully blasts 4485 detonators in a northeastern state of Queensland coal mine, Australia.
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BME’s AXXIS digital initiation system, Omnia Subsidiary Advanced Initiating Systems (AIS) successfully blasts 4485 detonators in a northeastern state of Queensland coal mine, Australia.

In the build up to COP21, the World Coal Association appoints Milagros Miranda Rojas as the new Policy Director.

SCHADE Lagertechnik successfully commissions machinery for the new Formosa Heavy Industries steel mill at Ha Tinh, Vietnam.

RC Inspection and Oil Test International join together and agree to a full operational affiliation.

Benjamin Sporton, CEO of the WCA, emphasises the importance of cleaner coal technologies with particular focus on high-efficiency low-emission (HELE) coal technologies at Clean Coal Day Japan.

The Driver Safety System includes an in-cab camera and alert system to notify the operator the moment a fatigue or distraction event occurs.

Aspire Mining announce preliminary results from a scooping study for the Erdenet to Ovoot railway, indicating multiple efficient alignment paths available between Ovoot to Arts Suuri and onto Kyzyl in Russia.

The US Department of the Interior approves and signs a modified mine plan for Colowyo mine in Colorado.

Martin Engineering names two new distributors of its complete line of conveyor components and flow aids, including belt cleaners, transfer point solutions, safety products and training, air cannons and field services.

US coal production for the week ending 29 August rose for the fourth straight week, narrowing the gap to last year’s totals significantly in recent weeks, according to the latest report from the US Energy Information Agency.

A round-up of some of this week’s key news items from the international coal industry, from updates on projects to the latest technological developments.

Federal Minister for Industry and Science, the Hon Ian Macfarlane MP opens Whitehaven Coal’s surface coal mine at Maules Creek in Australia.