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- Title
Alpha Foundation hosts first meeting; Top researchers in mining gather to discuss $48 million fund.
- Authors
Gleason, William
- Abstract
The article reports on the inaugural meeting of the Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health, which it notes was created in the U.S. government's legal settlement with mining firm Alpha Natural Resources over the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion. Keynote speakers included Joseph A. Main of the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration and Bruce Watzman of the National Mining Association. Panel discussions covered topics including disaster prevention and diseases.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MINE safety; RESEARCH institutes; ALPHA Natural Resources Inc.; MAIN, Joseph A.; UNITED States. Mine Safety &; Health Administration; WATZMAN, Bruce; NATIONAL Mining Association (U.S.); CONFERENCES &; conventions; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Mining Engineering, 2012, Vol 64, Issue 11, p16
- ISSN
0026-5187
- Publication type
Proceeding