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JUNE 2016 VOL. 121 NO. 6 June 2016 www.coalage.com 1 feature articles 24 Flying High The sky's the limit as North Dakota mine takes an innovative approach to surveying and monitoring 32 A Great Challenge: Assembling Inclined Longwalls Assembling a longwall on a pitching coal bed can be difficult, but European manufacturers are designing systems to improve the situation 38 Installation of Sub325 Centrifuge for Dewatering of Ultra-fine Coal 44 Effective Group Training With Computer-based Virtual Environments Trainers use the MEET simulation software to educate miners about escape decisions 52 Simpler, Smaller — and Stronger Diesel suppliers are preparing their engine platforms for the next set of emissions standards coal in the news 6 Hatfield Found Dead; 3 Arrested in Homicide Probe 6 Bankruptcy Court Approves Alpha Request to End Union Pact 8 Mine Foreman Pleads Guilty in Death Case 12 MEC to Close New Era 16 NRP Sues Foresight Energy Over Royalties 20 Production Down for Rhino 35 Legislators Introduce Certainty for States and Tribes Act world news 7 BHP Sells Indonesian Assets to Adaro 8 India's NTPC Temporarily Halts Coal Imports 10 Japanese to Build 2 Coal-power Plants North of Tokyo departments 4 Editorial 6 News 7 World News 12 People 14 Dateline Washington 16 Calendar 56 Operating Ideas 58 Suppliers News 60 Product News 62 Classifieds 64 Legally Speaking This month, Coal Age looks at software by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health with a new take on virtual escape training. The issue also reviews new diesel engine technology and a roof support transport innovation. On the cover, surveyors Adam Walsvik (left) and Trevor Schaar (right) examine the controls of the Trimble UX5 fixed-wing drone purchased by North American Coal's Falkirk mine for surveying and monitoring. The North Dakota operation recently became the first U.S. surface coal mine to receive a federal exemption to operate a survey drone (Walsvik is the drone's certified pilot). this issue NEWS/ 6 LONGWALL MINING/ 32 ESCAPE TRAINING/ 44 MAPPING & SURVEYING/ 24