No production from the mine is expected this year after the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration ordered the Silver Shaft to be closed for removal of built-up sand and concrete material.
FORBES: Hecla Officials Anticipate Clean-Up Of Mine Shaft Can Begin In Few Weeks
The temporary closure of the Silver Shaft at the Lucky Friday mine was ordered last year by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration for removal of built-up sand and concrete material.
FORBES: Update:Hecla Plans To Reopen Lucky Friday Mine In 1Q; Loss Reported In 3Q
The mine was shut down by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration due to the unsafe buildup of sand and concrete material in the main shaft of the mine.
FORBES: Hecla's Lucky Friday Mine Rehabilitation Slightly Ahead Of Schedule, Restart In Early 2013
The team is in the final stages of licensing Gemini-Scout to a commercial robotics company, but for now, the Mine Safety and Health Administration will be the primary customer.
ENGADGET: Gemini-Scout robot can scope out mining accidents, may save lives (video)
To help ensure that mine companies no longer use a strategy of endless litigation to evade their responsibilities, we need to tackle the backlog of cases at the Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
Massey Energy for failing to report more than 20 accidents at its Upper Big Branch coal mine in the two years before an April explosion killed 29 miners there, according to documents released by the Mine Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday.
Earlier Wednesday, a fifth hole drilled down into the mine found just six inches of open space left between the roof and rubble in an 8-foot-high tunnel, said Jack Kuzar, a district manager with the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Mr Mukanga said the mine had a poor safety, health and environmental record.
Kumtor has had some recent issues with the Kyrgyz government which is looking into operational, environmental, health and safety and community standards which might be affected by the mine.
FORBES: Revised Mine Plan That Slowed Kumtor's 3Q Has Passed, Won't Run Into It Again: Centerra CEO
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