Due to its ability to extract very high percentages of the available seam, longwall mining now accounts for nearly 50% of all underground mining operations. However, any mining operation comes with a ...

WITT, Ill. — The nation’s hunt for fuel soon may sweep below the lush fields of corn and soybeans here, and it could dramatically change the prairie landscape. Two mining companies want to dig for ...

Centurion messaging shifted materially: Q4 described Centurion as “well ahead of its original schedule” and expected “3.5 million tons in 2026,” while Q1 revised Centurion’s “full year sales outlook… ...

Whitehaven Coal Limited has placed an order for 50 Cat ® longwall roof supports to extend its Narrabri North longwall from 300 meters to 400 meters—to increase production and reduce costs. Already ...

A 30-year-old mining technique is becoming all that's keeping a group of U.S. coal producers from joining their competitors in bankruptcy. Coal, already locked in a battle with cheap natural gas, now ...

In the recent past, there was a radical new technology to make work easier and dramatically increase productivity. It would reduce much of the drudgery of work and transform the industry. I am ...