Sandvik has announced the next generation MB672 bolter miner, which features the latest technology to increase productivity ...

Longwall Mining About 33 percent of all underground coal production in the U.S. comes from longwall mining. A continuous mining machine is used to isolate huge rectangular panels that are extracted by ...

This weekend's testing of two methane monitors from the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia has not detected any evidence of tampering, NPR has learned. The methane monitors were removed from ...

VOLUMOUS COAL The new 242-m-long eleventh longwall face possesses reserves of 993 000 t of coal Forty kilometres from the front line of the war in Ukraine, vertically integrated mining and metals ...

CANONSBURG, Pa., June 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Core Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CNR) ("Core") provided an update on its ongoing efforts to resume longwall operations at its Leer South mine ...

VOLGA, W.Va (WDTV) - After coming out of bankruptcy in June, Allegheny Metallurgical recently powered up its state-of-the-art longwall in Barbour County after investing more than $1 billion in the ...

Existing studies of the structural strength of longwall mining hydraulic support are mainly focused on the force acting on individual supports instead of the general mechanical characteristics of the ...

VOLGA,W.Va. –– West Virginia-based Allegheny Metallurgical, forecasts the creation of new high-paying jobs after powering up the company’s state-of-the-art longwall in Barbour County. The company ...

Testing of two methane monitors from the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia has not detected any evidence of tampering, NPR has learned.... This weekend's testing of two methane monitors from ...