Mine Site Technologies and Rajant Corporation Deploy Wireless Mesh Systems in Two Mines

Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of portable mobile wireless networking solutions, announced today that its global partner Mine Site Technologies (MST) has secured two new mining deployments in Australia using the Rajant BreadCrumb® wireless mesh solution. Recently announced as Rajant’s global partner for mining, MST is the leading mining solutions provider, specializing in the development... 

Axcess Micro-Wireless IDs Rolled out in West Virginia for Miner Safety

Axcess International, Inc., a leading provider of Micro-Wireless business activity management solutions, today announced the rollout of its long range Micro-Wireless IDs across an initial 30 West Virginia mines to enable mine operators to comply with the new safety regulations outlined in The Miner Act of 2006. The Axcess miner tagging solution is embedded into a complete Federal agency approved system... 

MSHA Approves New Underground Miner Tracking System

Wholesale Mine Supply (WMS), Irwin, PA, the largest supplier of two-way underground communications systems in the U.S. has added Venture Design’s MineTracer Communication and Tracking System to its portfolio. MineTracer was approved for use in underground mines by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in January 2008. “We are really impressed with this system,” said Bill... 

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Annual Mining Symposium Coming to WJU

Following a year highlighted by the passage of landmark mine-safety legislation at both the state and federal levels, and 16 months removed from two catastrophic accidents that killed 14 West Virginia miners, the International Mining Health and Safety Symposium returns to the Ohio Valley later this month to build on the progress and momentum of initiatives designed to improve safety in the mining industry. Hosted... 

Peter Hambro Mining plc – 2006 trading statement

Peter Hambro Mining plc issues this statement as an unaudited update on 2006 trading and in advance of its full year results announcement. Trading Up-date Highlights for 2006 ”¢ Total attributable gold production increased by 5% to c.261,000 ounces ”¢ Pokrovskiy Rudnik gold production increased by c.11% ”¢ Gold recovery rates remained stable, even when treating primary ores, thanks... 

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Wooten tries to speed mine safety changes

State mine safety director Ronald Wooten on Friday encouraged the coal industry to speed up implementation of West Virginia’s new mine rescue law. Wooten announced that the state Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training ”will step up its efforts to expedite” the addition of emergency breathing devices, rescue shelters and communications equipment.  Read More →

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Chronology of mine safety legislation

_Jan. 2 Sago Mine explosion results in 12 deaths _Jan. 9 West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin appoints former federal Mine Safety and Health Administration director J. Davitt McAteer to conduct special Sago investigation. New Mexico conducts unscheduled inspection of its only underground mine on orders by Gov. Bill Richardson. _Jan. 19 Two miners die in fire at Aracoma Alma No. 1 Mine in Logan County. _Jan.... 

12 months after Sago mine explosion, coal industry still changing

Many of the safety measures state legislatures and Congress rushed to adopt to protect the 46,000 people working in the nation’s underground coal mines after the Jan. 2. Sago Mine explosion have yet to take effect. There are still no rescue chambers or wireless tracking and communications equipment in the country’s 606 underground coal mines, and it’s unlikely there will be until... 

QuadTech International Reports on Progress Pursuing Growing Opportunity for Its Mine-Safety Solution in the $1.3 Trillion Mining Industry

QuadTech International, Inc. , a global provider of leading-edge technology solutions for the mining industry, today reported on the company’s progress pursuing growing opportunity for its breakthrough mine-safety solution in the $1.3 trillion mining industry. QuadTech has identified significant potential for adoption of its iPMine wireless communication solution among mining companies in China...