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By Clyde Sitterud

Presentation Agenda ?Global Mining Tire Demand ?What is driving it? ?Latest Situation ?How long it will last? ?Michelin?s Response to Increase Supply ?New plant ?Additional presses ?Recommendations for Mining Users ?Treat tires as your major assets ?Areas of attention that will produce immediate results

Jan 1, 2005

By Kevin Whipkey

How is Improvement Being Achieved ? Section Equipment ?Mine Layout/Projections ? Work Schedule ? Maintenance ? Management

Jan 1, 2005

The final session of the meeting was preceded by a movie, "Contact That Kills," which was a color film clearly pointing out various causes of electrical accidents in mines and how such accidents could he prevented. This film was made underground and produced by the U. S. Bureau of Mines for use in teaching accident classes. President R. R. Williams, Jr., called the meeting to order and introduced Mr. Leif Arentzen of the Lee-Norse Company, Charleroi, Pennsylvania, who spoke on "Coal Mining in Australia." The text of his address is as follows: "I arrived in Australia in February of this year-my father sent me over there for an installation. He preceded me as he does in most things, and set up a showing of our machine in Australia. We had 200 of the top level coal mining men visit this showing. They were interested in what the Americans are doing and what the American manufacturer had to offer them. Conditions in Australia are very similar to our mining conditions in the United States and they have looked to us, the coal industry in general, because we have the know-how in answering some of their problems. They feel that European methods and their type of machines are too inadequate to cope with their conditions. My visit was to South Wales, 60 miles south of Sidney. Their mining operation resembled mining coal in Florida. The work is on about a 500-ft. elevation about three miles from the ocean and when you turn around and see about 30 miles of beach, it is quite a picture - the Pacific Ocean is so blue. The coal seam is about ten feet of relatively clean coal. Labor relations are very, very taught right now. They are agitated by a strong Communistic influence and their weekly publication is known as the ?Common Cause,? which is against mechanization of coal mines." Mr. Arentzen enlarged on the fact that America was the example they held before them and described the Australian coal men and their character.

Jan 1, 1959

By Circadian Technologies

Alertness levels naturally fluctuate during the day and night Basic functions ??digestion, body temperature ? follow predictable 24-hour patterns Adjustment to night work creates health challenges for shiftworkers Performance decreases during overnight and post-lunch dip hours Fatigue supercedes training & experience Fatigue is a major cause of human error

Jan 1, 2010

By Tim Peterson

Factors Controlling Stability Stability of slopes in soft rock, waste dumps or soils is governed by three factors: ?Slope configuration ?Groundwater ?Shear strength

Jan 1, 2004

By Laura E. Beverage

The Changes 2008 Brought -MSHA recently posted a PowerPoint to its website which shows statistical performance information for fiscal years 2000 to 2008. -Interesting statistics: Fatality rate in Coal dropped by nearly 30% (.0348 to .0246 per 10,000 workers)

Jan 1, 2009

By Bob King

Jan 1, 2005

By Douglas Kathol

Coal in the 1990?s Exit of the integrated oil company [Shell Arco Mobil Exxon Mapco Kerr McGee Hansen Nerco Sun] Continued decline in coal prices Significant mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity ?Most properties traded, some twice ?Significant consolidation ?Massive recapitalization ?New industry leaders ?Frustrated expectations

Jan 1, 2002

Producers with Zero Reportables 2007!: ?New Horizon Mine, Western Fuels Colorado LLC ?Isaacs Run HWM, ICG ADDCAR Systems, LLC ?Savage Mine, Westmoreland Savage Corporation ?South Hallsville No 1 Mine, Sabine Mining Company ?Black Butteand Leucite Hills, Black Butte Coal Company Black Butte and Leucite Hills, Black Butte Coal Company ?Buckskin Mine, Kiewit Mining Group ?Coal Creek Mine, Thunder Basin Coal Company, LLC

Jan 1, 2008

The tenth annual Mine Resale Evaluation was held in conjunction with the RMCMI 2001 convention at the Steamboat Springs Sheraton Resort, Steamboat Springs, Colorado June 23 through 26. The purpose of the mine rescue evaluation program is to provide an opportunity for mine rescue teams to learn new skills and improve their existing ones in a non-competitive environment. Several staged ?disaster? scenarios were held where the teams are called upon to exhibit their life saving abilities. The evaluators meanwhile are offering suggestions, both verbal and written, to help the teams better understand the situations presented them. This non-competitive environment allows the teams to work together and share their knowledge with fellow mine rescue teams providing everyone with a positive learning experience. Mine Rescue Chairman Bill Balaz, Balaz & Associates, was in charge of coordinating the events. Six teams consisting of seven to twelve members each (totaling 60 members) participated in the three-day event. Each ream was required to respond to direr different real-life scenarios plus a written general knowledge test daily. Cindy Burnham has assisted Bali, for a few years. Her responsibilities include grading all of the written tests. This year's tour professional evaluators included Art Seanz (Hazardous Ma¬terials) of Western Environmental Associates ; Guy Norton (Ropes), Guy Horton Rope Rescue; Mary Bailey (Medical), MBA Training and Morley Hense (Confined Space). Carolyn Durga, BHP Coal, also assisted in hazardous materials and medical scenarios. They each provided three different challenging mock situations per day per team. The teams had no prior knowledge of what the scenarios would be as details were provided only as they arrived. Ten volunteer victims added much drama and excitement to the event. Their realistic enactment, complete with false blood makeup and severed limbs, made for some very tense scenarios. The Mine Rescue Teams participating this year were BHP LaPlata, BHP Navjo, BHP San Juan, all from Farmington, New Mexico; Bridger Coal Co., Rock Springs, Wyoming; Sabine Mining, Longview, Texas; Solway Minerals, Green River, Wyoming and Western Energy Co., Colstrip, Montana. Many new friendships were made and much knowledge shared. A swap meet was held Saturday afternoon for the teams to exchange miscellaneous equipment, hats, shirts, etc. The trams were asked to evaluate the program and the evaluators. They responded with many positive suggestions that will help improve the upcoming events in the years to come. Culmination of the Mine Rescue program was a Tuesday morning awards breakfast where the teams were presented with trophies. Each member was also given a gold pin with the words Continuing Challenge - Ropes.' The pin was the first in a series that will be given over the next few years. The participating victims and evaluators were also commended for their outstanding efforts. Special signed "Victim" shirts were given to select volunteers. Sponsors for the Mine Rescue program were Flanders Electric Motors, Magnum Metals, Rocky Mountain Electric Motors, Sedona Consulting and Balaz & Associates. Many hours of volunteer tine and effort from various family members of participants helped make the 2001 event a huge success.

Jan 1, 2001

By J. Kendall Hales

Jan 1, 2005

By Paul Swatkowski

A Note About Copyrighted Material ??Permission to Use? has been granted ?Teachthe7habits ?Think win/win (4thHabit) ?Don?t stop here ?i.e., buy the book

Jan 1, 2009

By Fredrick D. Palmer

The World is Turning to Coal Peabody?s View ?We believe the world is increasingly energy-short, led by unprecedented demand from population centers and economic hubs in Asia, the Middle East and South America ?This occurs as:?Traditional energy sources are clearly constrained, requiring coal-based alternatives?Energy-rich nations leverage political gain from their assets, and nations urgently look to improve energy security ?In this environment:?Oil, coal and gas face a greater long-term convergence, ?Coal?s traditional regionalized nature becomes global, and ?Coal?s compact energy form becomes an attractive source for liquids and substitute natural gas ?The world is blessed with an abundance of coal to help meet all human energy needs

Jan 1, 2008

Jan 1, 1998

By Vern Pfannenstiel

Jan 1, 2005

By J. B. Forrester

In the operation of the coal mines in Utah few adverse conditions confront us. Physical conditions for the economical extraction of the coal are as near perfect as it is possible for them to be. Still several obstacles are encountered to keep up our interest and prevent us from getting in a rut. Of these I shall speak only of Burning, Wants, and Sluffing of Ribs. Should one travel the outcrop from Ivy Creek in Emery county to the Utah-Colorado line, there would be one outstanding feature indelible impressed upon one's mind. That feature is the omnipresent indications of burning in place. Viewing the eastern escarpment of the Wasatch Plateau from a distance, many splotches of dark red are plainly seen always lying above the coal floor. This stratum is a felspathic sandstone, appearing as a white line running the full length of the above escarpment and about midway between the floor of the valley and the top of the plateau. The coal bearing complex consists of shales, sandstones and coal. This complex varies from two hundred to eleven hundred feet in thickness. The number of coal seams are exceedingly variable. As a rule the argilutites form the bulk of this complex. This material is baked by the burning of the coal and the iron present is oxidized to the ferric state, coloring the shale to a dark red. This baked material forms a shingle tales that in places cover the entire complex. It is natural to expect that the most extensive burning is in the canyons facing to the south and east and on the south slopes of the ridges running to the east or west. Such, indeed, is the case. Still in this arid region many crop fires have existed upon the north slopes, especially in those canyons that face to the east. In fact today, instances are not rare where grassy north slopes, heavily timbered with balsam and fir that have attained a diameter of 14 to 24 inches, are found growing upon the disintegrated baked shingle and later development proves that the coal has been burned at least 500 feet back from the outcrop. Still these conditions are not normal. In this arid climate the south and east exposures are steep and barren, except for the scrub pine, cedar, mahogany and kindred semixerophytes. Bunch grass is also a lover of such exposures. There is very little soil found in such places; it is either blown away as fast as formed or washed away by the rare torrential rains, or the rapidly melting snow. Thus we see that the physical conditions are favorable for the starting and maintainence of outcrop fires. This brings us to the probable origin of this phenomenon. There are four probable ways' that such fires, could be started, namely:

Jan 1, 1921

National Energy Technology Laboratory ?Only DOE national lab dedicated to fossil energy -Fossil fuels provide 85% of U.S. energy supply ?One lab, five locations, one management structure ?1,200 Federal and support-contractor employees ?Research spans fundamental science to technology demonstrations

Jan 1, 2006

By Don Sakata

Jan 1, 2005

By Constance Holmes

President Lien presented Mrs. Holmes with the first of speaker appreciation gifts presented by his firm Amax Coal West, Inc. These were books by Rand-McNally entitled The Executive Golfer Guide. Following the coffee break, Clark Moseley presented the first annual Institute Safety Achievement Awards for the safest mines in the eight member state region. The awards were based on: 1. Total man-hours 2. Total number of lost time accidents 3. Incidence rate 4. Number of S&S violations 5. Description of safety program 6. Safety awards received 7. Health and safety training efforts 8. Safety Policies 9. Does the operation take employee suggestions and implement them? 10. Letter(s) of commendation from agencies individuals The awards were judged by the senior/graduate level class of Mine Safety & Health at the Colorado School of Mines under the supervision of professor Edward Hollop. The two handsome traveling trophies were awarded to and accepted by: Surface: Big Sky Mine. Colstrip, Montana Gordon Brannon, Manager of Safety Underground: Skyline Mine, Scofield, Utah Dave Hales. Safety Supervisor and Doug Johnson, General Production [ ]

Jan 1, 1998

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