Karel Janicek

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

An entrance of the CSM coal mine is pictured in Karvina, Czech Republic, Tursday, Dec. 20, 2018. The death toll in a methane explosion that hit the coal mine in northeast Czech Republic increased to 13, a mining company said Friday.

Czech Mine Explosion Claims 13 Lives

10 miners were also injured in the explosion Thursday afternoon at the CSM mine near the town of Karvina.

A worker checks a pressed record at a vinyl plant in Lodenice, Czech Republic. As vinyl records make a global comeback in popularity, a little-known Czech company is riding the market surge to establish itself as the world’s biggest record manufacturer.

Record Maker Sees Surge

As vinyl records make a global comeback, a little-known Czech company is riding the market surge to establish itself as the world's biggest record manufacturer.