tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post953010541338418528..comments2024-01-20T10:32:53.309+10:00Comments on CairnsBlog.net: 27 trapped in Pike River mine explosionMichael P Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890121680113642715noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-21001583489982829522010-11-20T20:16:03.432+10:002010-11-20T20:16:03.432+10:00KS has been reluctant to comment on this given its...KS has been reluctant to comment on this given its sensitiviy for families and survivors but has swapped some emails with MM over in NZ and ..... what and how to contribute?<br /> <br />KS worked in underground coal mining for 20 years and despite being gone more that a decade despite tempting financial offers will not go back. This is not like Chile .... the barriers are not physical rocks but the mine environment.<br /><br />This is a difference with coal mining and many may not be aware just how many are sacrificed every year in village mines in India and China. China has tried to close and move from it's communal mines. <br /><br />In any previous such event in Australia, or NZ, hope would now be lost. It survives because of continual inprovement and the possibility that refuge innovations ... which following Moura explosion introduced in Qld a decade ago may offer an opportunity! <br /><br />Regardless, underground mining teams are something very unique which is something very difficult for those who haven't been there to comprehend!<br /><br />The largest Qld coal disastr was our own local Mt Mulligam which had consequences for Qld mining regulation. I Haven't been to Mt Mulligan still on my list .......KitchenSluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947481064967081891noreply@blogger.com