If you follow my editor columns regularly, you know that there are two topics that I consider closest to my core as an editor: miner safety and mine rescue, and also research on ways to make the future of mining safer for all. My pride was, of course, on display for both at the recent West Virginia Coal Show –…
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Gettin’ by with a little help from my friends (at MSHA)
I need to be totally honest with you, folks. Sometimes I get close to the due date for this column and I’m utterly at a loss about what to write. That was the case a couple of months back, when I told you I wanted to write about developments at the Department of Labor, but couldn’t do it without risking…
Read MoreTRAM training materials competition opens
Momentum is building for the 2025 Training Resources Applied to Mining (TRAM) conference, this Nov. 4-6 at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver, W.Va. Every year at the conference, MSHA holds the Training Materials Competition. There’s still time to submit your original training materials to the 2025 TRAM Training Materials Competition. The entry deadline is Monday, Sept.…
Read MoreSEMCO Publishing hosted Weir Minerals webinar
The ASIA Miner and North American Mining magazine recently hosted Weir Minerals Australia for a free educational webinar, “Mud Management with the Multiflo Mudflo Pump.” The webinar, which ran approximately 45 minutes, was held live on Thursday, October 13 with a global audience. The featured speaker was Weir Minerals Australia Applications Engineering Business Manager Aaron Schot, who discussed diverse problems…
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