1861- Elisha patents the steam elevator.
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Eduardo Porter GRUNDY, Va. — Jay Rife surveys the landscape — hundreds of flat, grassy acres reclaimed from a spent mountaintop mine once operated by the Paramont Coal Company. A few handsome homes stand on one end of the project. An 80,000-square-foot shell, to house some future manufacturing operation, is... read more →
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1914- An assembly line for the first car, the Model T, is introduced by Henry Ford.
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1953- A gas explosion at a coal mine in Ghislenghein, Belgium results in the death of 14.
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By Heidi Vella By developing technology innovation and rethinking business models, a new EU-funded project hopes to improve the commercial viability of mining modest but high-grade critical raw mineral deposits across Europe. Heidi Vella reports. READ MORE
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