| Tenders are invited for Introduction of Highwall Mining Technology at Nimcha Block and Sripur Block of ECL on hiring basis. |
| Thorburn plans to begin using the highwall miner during the summer of 2000 and is investigating using this equipment at its Thorburn surface coal mine. |
| The company began mining coal at the site on May 8, 2000, and is currently nearing completion of construction and final testing of its highwall miner. |
| The 2010 drilling program for Vista includes geotechnical core holes at two points along the projected ultimate highwall for open pit mining. |
| Depending on the equipment available, it may not be technically feasible to exceed a certain height of highwall. |
| As yet, the dollars are relatively small, but the opportunities loom large, as Sarasota's Highwall Technologies will attest. |
