Bagger 288, built by the German company Krupp for the energy and mining firm Rheinbraun, is a bucket-wheel excavator or mobile strip mining machine ... overburden before coal mining at the ...

The mining for the two-lane, approximately one-mile long tunnel started in February 2023. Three months later, the tunnel boring machine struck an obstruction that was later determined to be a ...

It’s a big milestone for the tunnel boring machine to reach its end destination, and the CBBT said that once the temporary bracing struts and steel beam are taken out of the receiving wall, Chessie ...

From there, the coal is funneled onto barges and floated downstream to a private port on the Pacific Ocean. Giant loading machines fill equally massive ships headed for China, India and the ...

Despite being banned, rat-hole mining remains a prevalent practice. What makes this hazardous practice so dangerous, and how did it play a crucial role in the Uttarakhand tunnel rescue of 2023? Here's ...

Among the workers is 36-year-old Iryna Ostanko, effusive and athletic, smiling at her fellow coal workers in the cold dawn as they walk to the mine, owned by DTEK, Ukraine's private energy supplier.