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Strata and Chinese Partner Complete First Fully-Manned, 96-Hour Underground Refuge-Chamber Test
July 12, 2011
Strata Products Worldwide-China and partner China Coal Comprehensive Utilization Group have successfully completed of a fully-manned, 96-hour underground test of a Strata Safety Inflatable Fresh Air Bay. The test, completed at Shendong Coal Group’s Da Liu Ta Mine in Shenmu County,…
WSP Environment & Energy Launch Remediation Business in California
July 12, 2011
Environmental consultancy, WSP Environment & Energy reported the launch of a new business operation in North America called WSP Remediation to deliver specialist turnkey environmental remediation and construction services. The new business operation is led by Bob Bealkowski , general manager…
Atlas Copco Receives a New Record Order in Mexico
July 12, 2011
Atlas Copco has received an order from the Mexican mining group Peñoles. Valued at about $67 million, it is one of the largest underground mining equipment contracts ever for Atlas Copco, and the company’s second very large order in Mexico this…
SWESC Statement: Action on Permits Could Create 180,000 Jobs in Gulf Region
July 12, 2011
Jim Noe, executive director of the Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition, commented on today’s release of a Quest Offshore Resources study prepared for the National Ocean Industries Association and the American Petroleum Institute that predicts a 77 percent increase in employment…
Caterpillar Completes Bucyrus Acquisition, Creates New Mining Equipment Group
July 11, 2011
Driven by a key strategic imperative to expand its leadership and support for customers in the mining industry, Caterpillar Inc. has completed its acquisition of Bucyrus International, Inc. Caterpillar funded the acquisition, valued at approximately $8.8 billion (including net debt), using…
Ground Force to Expand in Post Falls, Idaho
July 11, 2011
A Post Falls manufacturer of above-ground mining equipment is planning a $6.5 million expansion that should create at least 50 jobs as it starts making equipment for underground mining. Ground Force Manufacturing’s sister company will be called Underground Force, the company’s…
Republican Spending Bill Would Delay EPA Climate Rules One Year
July 6, 2011
A fiscal 2012 spending bill unveiled Wednesday by House Republican appropriators includes a policy rider that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and refineries for one year. It is the latest effort by…
Babcock & Wilcox to Design and Supply $54 Million Emissions Control System for Indiana Power Plant
July 6, 2011
The Babcock & Wilcox Company’s subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. has been awarded a contract worth $54 million to design and supply two wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) units and related components for Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s…
Flygt 2000 and 5000 Series Submersible Pumps for Mining Now Available Through Godwin Pumps in the US
July 5, 2011
Godwin Pumps, manufacturer of the Dri-Prime® automatic self-priming, dry-running pump, announced today the availability of Flygt electric submersible pumps for mining and construction at its company-owned branches throughout the United States. Godwin Pumps now sells and supports the well-known Flygt 2000…
Strata Safety’s CommTrac System Helps Mining Companies Comply with MINER Act
July 5, 2011
Strata Safety Products reported that all mines who elected to install Strata CommTrac communications and tracking systems were compliant as of June 15th 2011, according to the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006 (MINER Act). As specified in…
