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A fire boss is a person employed at a mine or state certified official, responsible for examining a mine for dangers, particularly explosive, poisonous or suffocating gases. Usually the fire boss is the first person to enter a mine , to verify its safety, before a shift crew enters.
Goonyella Riverside Mine is a large open cut coking coal mine in the Bowen Basin. [1] It is one of many coal mines in Central Queensland, Australia and is located at Moranbah about 30 km north of the township. [2] The mine produced 12.4 million tonnes of metallurgical coal from July 2012 to June 2013. [3] In 2019 this figure was 17.1 million ...
The Centralia mine fire is a coal-seam fire that has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States, since at least May 27, 1962. Its original cause and start date are still a matter of debate.
The collapse of a coal mining plant in Eastern Kentucky Tuesday has left one worker dead. Kentucky has a long history of coal mining disasters. These are 5 of the deadliest
The Goonyella railway system is located in Central Queensland, Australia.It services the coal mining area of the Bowen Basin, carrying coal to the Hay Point and Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminals 20 km southeast of Mackay, as well as products to other destinations by way of connections to the North Coast Line at Yukan and the Central Line at Burngrove via the Gregory coal mine branch.
The coal mine is one of the busiest in the state and produces about 28% of Utah’s coal. For nearby residents to Lila Canyon, what happens next for the miners and the truck drivers who help ...
The mine has coal reserves amounting to 175 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Australia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 2 million tonnes of coal. [1] 2.6 million tonnes of coal were produced in 2012. [2] North Goonyella was acquired by Peabody Energy in 2004. [3]
Goonyella-Riverside coal mine outrush of coal and water – 1991 [12] South Bulli coal mine incident resulting in the death of 3 miners – 1991 [13] Western Main coal mine Pillar Collapse resulting in the death of 3 miners – 1991 [14] Moura Open Cut coal mine incident resulting in death of 2 miners and serious injury to 2 others – 1993 [15]