Orica and Epiroc have developed a semi-automatic explosives delivery system for underground mining, labeled Avatel. According to the developers, the system eliminates charge crew exposure at the face.

A highlight for Mining Journalism Training (MJT) attendees this year was experiencing a controlled live blast at Canyon Coal’s Mpumalanga-based Gugulethu Colliery. Menar’s MJT programme began with ...

The large-scale blasting at the Goantagab mine in the Sorris Sorris conservancy near Khorixas last Friday has reignited debate over the potential threat to desert-adapted rhinos, tourism and the ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- An unusually strong blast at Cloud Peak's Cordero Rojo coal mine rocked the Gillette area Tuesday morning, shaking the ground for miles and activating seismographs hundreds of miles ...

Crews not expected to reach blast area where miners trapped for 24 hours. MONTCOAL, W.Va., April 6, 2010— -- A miner who survived the massive West Virginia mine explosion said he had to struggle ...

An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey Friday killed at least 25 people, local officials announced, while rescuers working through the night were trying to bring dozens of others trapped ...

Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship may be among the most vilified corporate executives of the moment, but neither he nor his company is backing down. In twin assaults Thursday, both Blankenship and ...

Whitehaven Coal Ltd. said an Australian state environmental regulator will restrict blasting at one of its mines amid an investigation into increased blast fume events. The mining company said Tuesday ...

Relatives of the 29 men killed in the deadliest U.S. coal accident since 1970 said Thursday the findings of an independent probe confirm what they long suspected, saying Massey Energy Co. cared more ...

The engineer for the company that hopes to mine both sandstone and limestone near the Rolling Hills development in Franks­town Township said the company does not plan to do any blasting. Earlier this ...