Friday, September 17, 2010
Carbonoks Signs Multimillion Dollar Deal With China
WEST VIRGINIA....
Poca-based Carbonoks has signed a multimillion dollar deal with the Shanxi Province in China after government officials there were impressed with Carbonoks' "Safe Haven" Mine Refuge Chamber. A ten man, a 16 man and a 20 man chamber each have places where miners can get in, sit down and remain safe and protected for up to 5 days with food and water. The chamber can also be submerged in water, basically acting like an underground submarine. Most of the mining deaths in China don't occur from explosions or entrapment, they occur from drowning. The Shanxi government has signed a 10 year agreement with Carbonoks, the first deal of its kind between a private U.S. company and the state government of the Shanxi Province, for the manufacture of Refuge Alternative. In the coming months, workers will head to China to build the chambers.
Poca-based Carbonoks has signed a multimillion dollar deal with the Shanxi Province in China after government officials there were impressed with Carbonoks' "Safe Haven" Mine Refuge Chamber. A ten man, a 16 man and a 20 man chamber each have places where miners can get in, sit down and remain safe and protected for up to 5 days with food and water. The chamber can also be submerged in water, basically acting like an underground submarine. Most of the mining deaths in China don't occur from explosions or entrapment, they occur from drowning. The Shanxi government has signed a 10 year agreement with Carbonoks, the first deal of its kind between a private U.S. company and the state government of the Shanxi Province, for the manufacture of Refuge Alternative. In the coming months, workers will head to China to build the chambers.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:52 AM 
