The future of the United States (US) mining industry will be affected greatly by recent coal mining disasters. These have resulted in new legislation which will have an impact on mining economic costs as well safety and health of miners. This paper discusses the changes that new legislation and regulations are making to the industry and current research that is producing technologies to make mining safer and will likely impact the future of mining._x000D_
FORMAL CITATION:Grtunca, R G, 2008. Possible impact of new safety technology developments on the future of the United States mining industry, in Proceedings First International Future Mining Conference and Exhibition 2008, pp 3-10 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).