The Joy Continuous Miner will not solve the labor problem in coal mines. John L. Lewis once said that he would rather have 100,000 union members secure in their jobs than 400,000 who were insecure.

The Eickhoff CM2H-30 continuous miner supplied to coal miner Total Coal South Africa’s (TCSA’s) Forzando mine, in Mpumalanga, has exceeded the 5.8 t/m tender production rate requirement in 26 ...