Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GRAND JUNCTION — Miners, roughnecks and mill workers on the Western Slope are facing a tough accumulation of downturns in the coming year that will ripple ...

Mining-induced fractures resulting from shallow coal seam extraction in the loess gully region of China are complex and variable, presenting critical hazards including water and sand inrush, as well ...

It is estimated that the total amount of coal resources covered by end slope is more than 10 billion tons in domestic open-pit coal mines, due to the limitation of slope stability, stripping ratio, ...

GRAND JUNCTION — Miners, roughnecks and mill workers on the Western Slope are facing a tough accumulation of downturns in the coming year that will ripple out to government coffers, schools and small ...

Two western Colorado regions with close ties to the coal mining industry will work to diversify their economies with the help from a federal program. The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction reports that ...

Optimizing the assessment of risks associated with pit slope failures is of paramount importance for ensuring the safety of mine personnel and equipment. Equally important is the avoidance of business ...

The company that’s considering open-pit mining on the Santa Rita Mountains’ west slope has obtained extensive private land holdings there. It says they’re large enough to accommodate waste-rock and ...

(WBRE/WYOU) — Wednesday marked 66 years since the Knox Mine Disaster. On January 22, 1959, ice filled the Susquehanna River and broke the roof of the river slope mine at Port Griffith, flooding it ...

GUIYANG - Four people were killed and one injured in a slope failure in a phosphate mine in Southwest China's Guizhou province Saturday, local authorities said. The accident occurred at around 4 pm ...

Digital Catapult has announced a £400,000 investment in deep tech startup Optimal Slope, a mining technology company on a mission to transform open-pit mining into a more efficient and environmentally ...