There is an aspect of coal mining that gets relatively little attention, even though it is growing in popularity, It is with this method that I will conclude this series on mining, and its precursor ...

There are four main methods of mining: underground, surface, placer and in-situ. The type of mining method used depends on the kind of resource that is being targeted for extraction, the deposit's ...

A team of six 'rat-hole' miners from UP has joined the rescue operation in the Silkyara tunnel to save the 41 trapped workers. They will manually dig their way through the 10-12m metres of rubble left ...

BASED on the course of lectures delivered at the School of Mines of Colorado, Prof. Ihlseng's book, which is regarded in America as the best text-book on the subject, has been enlarged under the joint ...