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MSHA to award $1M in grants toward mine safety
The U.S. Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) will be awarding up to $1 million in grants for mine education and training programs. Keep Reading
Main looks forward, back as a new MSHA era dawns
Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor at the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), reflected on his seven years at the agency during a teleconference with reporters. Keep Reading
Boart Longyear awarded drilling research grant
Boart Longyear was awarded a grant from the government of Ontario to support the development of a mineral exploration drilling site and more. Keep Reading
States to receive mine safety training funds
Forty-seven states will receive a total of $8.4 million to support safety and health training courses to reduce mining accidents, injuries and illnesses. Keep Reading
SME, foundation award students, professors with grants
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) and the SME Foundation named five recipients of 2016 Ph.D. fellowship and academic career development grants. The grants support Ph.D. fellowships and faculty career development. “The challenges associated with faculty scarcity… Keep Reading
MSHA awards grants to states for safety training
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) awarded about $8.4 million in grant funding to 47 states and the Navajo Nation to reduce mining accidents, injuries and illnesses by supporting safety and health training courses and programs. Recipients of the grant… Keep Reading
Main addresses mining fatalities in wake of incidents
Joe Main, assistant secretary of labor for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), addressed the mining industry on a conference call Aug. 3 – two days after three miners lost their lives in separate incidents across the United States.… Keep Reading
MSHA to award mine safety-training grants
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) made $1 million in grants available for training or training materials to support mine rescue or mine emergency preparedness in underground mines. According to a press release, MSHA will evaluate applications and then… Keep Reading
NSSGA recruits support for MSHA State Grants Program
As Congress works to create a plan for funding the FY’15 budget, NSSGA is working to gain support for funding the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) State Grants Program. The program was created in conjunction with the 1977… Keep Reading
