Jeff Greene plans to excavate thousands of tons of limestone with plans to build a mammoth residential development on 2,800 acres.

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 ...

Managing Director Greg Bittar described the beginning of drill-and-blast activities as “another major milestone for the ...

At Solo Mountain in the Apex Industrial Park, crews blast limestone from hillsides and transform it into the gravel and ...

Page-Kincaid Public Service District officials reported Friday that iron that has recently inflitrated the drinking water of Fayette County residents is likely related to nearby mining and blasting.

The challenge in solid mineral mining through open cast and cyclical technologies is the energy intensity of the ...

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.

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 ...

BEIJING – The death toll in a coal mine explosion in central China (search) rose to 63 with 103 workers still missing, the government said Tuesday, as toxic fumes unleashed from the blast slowed ...

Harford County residents are concerned for their health and homes because of a bill introduced to the County Council that aims to expand mining operations by allowing blasting operations to take place ...

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 ...

All mining operations requires blasting at one stage or another. Blast hole drilling is used in mining where a hole is drilled into the surface rock, packed with explosives and detonated. The aim of ...