Dust from mining sites should not be regulated as a health hazard given the absence of compelling scientific justification for doing so, according to a mining industry air quality expert giving testimony in the US before an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hearing. A. Todd Johnston, Director of Air Quality for the National Mining Association […]

Massey Energy honoured mine rescue teams throughout the US coal industry as well as the winner of its prestigious Bradbury Safety Award and related Best of Class winners at the company’s 12th Raymond A. Bradbury Awards Banquet in Charleston, West Virginia on March 7. The Bradbury Safety Award rewards excellence at Massey’s safest mining operation. […]

West Hawk Development has acquired all rights to 272,503 acres of coal licenses in the Tulita (formerly Ft. Norman), Seagull Island, Tate Lake and the Mattson Formation on or near the navigable Mackenzie and Liard Rivers in Northwest Territories, Canada. These licenses cover areas examined in the 1970s by Luscar, Manalta Coal and Utah Mines. […]

A safety expert for the US coal industry has told a Senate oversight panel that the best way to continue the safety progress achieved in underground coal mines is by adopting a package of safety principles that would drive practical and timely improvements in mine safety. Michael Peelish, Senior VP for Safety and Human Resources […]

Cumberland Resources and the Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) have reached an Agreement in Principle with respect to an Inuit Impact and Benefits Agreement (IIBA) relating to Cumberland’s 100% owned Meadowbank gold project located 70 km north of Baker Lake, Nunavut. A signing ceremony of the formal agreement between Cumberland and the KIA will be held […]

Trace element analysis of toxic heavy metals in soils and contaminated land using a portable XRF spectrometer.
Leian Grimsley, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK. Leiven Kempenaers, PANalytical BV, Almelo, The Netherlands.
Soil pollution is conventionally defined as adding chemical compounds, biological organisms or other materials to the soil, negatively effecting or altering how the soil functions. Common […]