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 ...

When a big machine called a continuous miner dug into the hard earth, it kicked up all kinds of dust. Slowly, Hairston began to notice that daily tasks wiped him out.

Miners were evacuated when the fire started January 13 th. Nobody was injured in the fire and officials have concluded there was no damage to any underground equipment.