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Ahead of the Safety Curve in Coal: Peabody Energy in QLD

DATE: 23 AUG 2010
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

Peabody Energy in QLD is the first underground coal miner in Australia to install long-term entrapment refuge at it’s North Goonyella mine, after purchasing a 14 person CoalSAFE refuge from MineARC Systems.

The unit is intrinsically safe (non-electrically powered), can be transported virtually anywhere underground and can provide safe refuge for up to 14 people for 36hrs in the event of an emergency.

26/05/2010 - MineARC Welcomes Joe Main Testimony to Upper Big Branch Committee.

MineARC Welcomes Joe Main Testimony to Upper Big Branch Investigating Sub Committee.

26 May 2010
Dallas, Texas, USA.

MineARC is encouraged by the recent testimony of Joe Main, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health (MSHA), to the senate sub committee investigating the recent mining tragedies at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia.

18/05/2010 - Q&A with James Rau – General Manager, MineARC Systems America, on the new CoalSAFE Low Seam

Q&A with James Rau – General Manager, MineARC Systems America, on;

18 May 2010
Dallas, Texas, United States

What do you see for the future of emergency shelters (esp given recent events in North America where they have become more important than ever)?

20/05/2010 - Putin Calls for Tighter Legislation in Russia After Latest Disaster Leaves 66 Dead and 24 Still Missing

Putin Calls for Tighter Legislation in Russia After Latest Disaster Leaves 66 Dead and 24 Still Missing.

20 May 2010
Perth, Western Australia.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for tighter mine safety legislation in the wake of the country’s worst mining disaster for three years. Sixty-six are currently confirmed dead, with 24 still trapped underground. Hundreds more were left injured after two massive explosions ripped through the Raspadskaya mine in western Siberia.

13/05/2010 - MineARC the First Refuge Chamber Manufacturer Pre-Approved by China.

MineARC the First Refuge Chamber Manufacturer Approved by China.

13/5/2010
Shenyang, China.

MineARC Systems has been invited to attend a special mine safety conference in Shanxi Province, China, on the 18th and 19th of May. The conference is headed by the Chinese State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS), and will feature 11 of China’s leading coal mining companies. The purpose of the conference is to review the current interim refuge chamber regulations and allow representatives of invited manufacturers to present their products to the conference attendees.

Important Notice for all shairzal customers

Dear Shairzal Customers,

I am very pleased to officially announce today that MineARC Systems and Shairzal Safety Engineering Pty Ltd are now effectively operating as one business.

Negotiations over the past month between the two companies have resulted in MineARC officially taking over Shairzal’s manufacturing, servicing and sales commitments to all its past and present customers.

Expanding Sales and Maintenance Contracts in South America

MineARC Systems proudly announces the recent purchase of an additional four HRM 16-Person Refuge Chambers by Freeport-McMoran of Chile. The additional four chambers, to be delivered in early 2010, brings the total number of MineARC Refuge Chambers at Freeport-McMoran's Ojos del Salado and Minera Candelaria operations to eight.

With the recent addition of Ing. Gustavo Carvahlo, a certified technician for the maintenance of MineARC Systems Refuge Chambers based in Chile, MineARC has expanded its service contracts with mining operations in Chile, Argentina, and Peru.

MineARC records first major US sales of its 'CoalSAFE' refuge model

MineARC® Systems has signaled its arrival onto the US coal scene with the first major sales of its patented CoalSAFE™ refuge model to major mine operators in the southern state of Alabama. The CoalSAFE™ refuge features the patented MARC.is™ unit – the world’s first intrinsically safe refuge cooling system.

Leinster Nickel Mine Collapse

MineARC Systems can confirm that the refuge chamber involved in the recent BHP Leinster underground nickel mine collapse was a MineARC Hard Rock Model, 8 Person Refuge Chamber.

MineARC Signs Exclusive Chinese Distributor Agreement

MineARC is happy to confirm the signing of an exclusive China-wide distributor agreement with the Shenyang Branch of the China Coal Research Institute (SYCCRI).

SYCCRI operates as a safety research and development body within the Chinese coal industry, and is itself a subsidiary of the Central Government's Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

Download MineARCs official submission to the Royal Bushfire Commission

Over the weeks and months since the Victorian Bushfires, MineARC Systems has been preparing its official submission to the Royal Commission set up to determine the causes and attributing factors of the devastation, and to ensure that a similar tragedy does not occur in future.

MineARC's submission is available for public viewing here.