Tag: mucking

S&T co-ed mucking team takes second in international competition, men finish seventh

Posted by on April 5, 2023

Missouri S&T students likely did their school mascot, Joe Miner, proud with their final results in the 45th Intercollegiate Mining Competition.

The university’s co-ed team earned second place honors for their division in the competition, which was held in late March at the Western Australia School of Mines (WASM), and the men’s team came in sixth.

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Missouri S&T Mucking Team travels to international competition in Nevada

Posted by on March 19, 2019

A group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students is preparing to travel across the country to compete in events based on mining techniques generally known as “mucking.” The students will compete in the 41st annual International Intercollegiate Mining Competition held Wednesday, March 20, through Saturday, March 23, at the University of Nevada-Reno. Missouri […]

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Missouri S&T Mucking Team travels to England

Posted by on March 21, 2018

A group of Missouri S&T students is preparing to travel across the Atlantic to compete in events based on mining techniques generally known as “mucking.” The students will compete in the 40th Intercollegiate Mining Competition held Thursday, March 29, through Sunday, April 1, King Edward Mine in Camborne, Cornwall, England.

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Missouri S&T women’s mucking team wins world championship

Posted by on March 31, 2015

The Women’s Mucking Team from Missouri University of Science and Technology has earned first place in its category at the 37th Intercollegiate Mining Competition. The team successfully defended its title as world champions in a competition designed to test skills in old-fashioned mining techniques generally known as “mucking.” The event was held March 25-29 at the Western Australia School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, Australia.

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Missouri S&T to defend world champion titles Down Under

Posted by on March 18, 2015

A group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students is preparing to travel over 9,000 miles to defend two world championship titles in events based on mining techniques generally known as “mucking.” The students will compete in the 37th Intercollegiate Mining Competition held Wednesday, March 25, through Sunday, March 29, at the Western Australia School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, Australia.

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S&T men’s, women’s teams finish first in mining competition

Posted by on April 7, 2014

Men’s and women’s teams from Missouri University of Science and Technology won world championships in mucking last weekend. The last time both teams won first place was in 2005.

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S&T to host international mining competition

Posted by on March 24, 2014

Men’s and women’s mucking teams from Missouri University of Science and Technology will host the 36th annual Intercollegiate Mining Competition April 2-6, in Rolla. Forty-two teams from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada and the United Kingdom will compete in the events.

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At Missouri S&T, mucking matters

Posted by on April 7, 2008

Men’s and women’s “mucking” teams from Missouri University of Science and Technology will host the annual Intercollegiate Mining Competition April 12 in Rolla.         

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Lady Muckers win world championship for UMR

Posted by on March 27, 2007

A team of female students from the University of Missouri-Rolla won a world championship in “mucking” at the Intercollegiate Mining Competition March 24 in Tucson, Ariz.         

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World domination is the goal for UMR’s mucking teams

Posted by on March 21, 2007

Four “mucking” teams from the University of Missouri-Rolla will compete in the Intercollegiate Mining Competition March 24 in Tucson, Ariz.         

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