As the world’s major coal mining nations reach ever higher levels of production, their coal reserves increasingly are in ever lower seams. With technological breakthroughs, longwall mining in these low seams with shearers is no longer is a dream, but a reality. “Nowhere is this more welcomed news than in China,” explains Randy Cooper, Joy […]

A DBT longwall shearer EL3000 designed to suit a very specific mining technique and geology resulted in a huge increase in productivity and a DBT longwall system is setting a string of new records. DBT says the “productivity is remarkable: Over a period of 80 days from end of 2005 to early 2006, the EL3000 […]

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released $500,000 in federal funding that will allow a team from West Virginia University (WVU) to participate in a $1.3 million US-China coal-to-liquids project. The funding will allow WVU scientists
to study the economic and environmental effects of coal liquefaction technology and develop expertise regarding the commercial deployment of […]