UPDATED: This evening’s press conference on the rescue effort underway at the Pike River mine had much discussion of the military robot that is being prepared for deployment into the mine entrance. The military robot entered Pike River mine this morning but broke down after progressing about 500 metres into the mine shaft, reportedly due […]
MoreAs a bore hole is drilled down to the shaft at the Pike River mine, where 29 miners are still trapped, focus is on the gases that caused the initial explosion and which still make rescue incredibly dangerous for both miners and rescue crew. This graphic from today’s Dominion Post outlines how methane forms and […]
MoreThe families of up to 30 miners and contractors working at the Pike River coal mine on New Zealand’s West Coast face an agonizing wait overnight until a rescue effort can be launched in the morning to attempt to reach the miners. That rescue effort was tonight hampered by worries that in the wake of […]
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PETER GRIFFIN 