Recently added articles from Engineering and Mining Journal:
EPA Delays 79 Mining Permits
Nov 01, 2009; ... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it's going to hold up 79 applications for surface coal mine permits in four states (West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee) for further "enhanced" review. All 79 permits were on a preliminary list released September 11. The EPA says it will work ...
Indonesia Seeks to Increase Coal Production
Nov 01, 2009; ... Indonesia expects to increase coal production by up to 20 million metric tons (mt) next year as lawmakers insist that the government must book higher non-tax revenue from the mining sector in 2010. According to The Jakarta Post, the country expects to produce 230 million ...
Mechel's Mines Cuts Coal Output 47% in Russia's Kuzbass Region
Nov 01, 2009; ... Mechel coal and steel group Yuzhny Kuzbass or Southern Kuzbass Coal Co. cut coal production 46.5% year-on-year in January to July to 5 million metric tons, Interfax reported. A sharp drop in coking coal production, by 2.6 million mt to 2.2 million mt was mainly responsible for the overall ...
Rock-Fall Protection Barrier
Nov 01, 2009; ... Geobrugg AG claims its GBE-500A is the first rock-fall protection barrier to achieve an official European Technical Approval. The product was developed and tested in compliance with the new ETAG 27 guidelines. The ...
In-Vehicle Video Unit Records All Events
Nov 01, 2009; ... Safety Vision has introduced the SafeDrive MiniDVR mobile digital video recorder (MDVR) system for fleet vehicles. Installed directly to the windshield and incorporating both a forward-facing roadview camera and a rear-facing cabin-view camera, the MiniDVR records video, audio and metadata to a ...