Longwall Mining
Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




NEWS Click on text to read news by category: General | Product | People | Worldwide

OSMRE Announces Recipients of 2021 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards

August 19, 2021

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has announced the winners of its 2021 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards. This year’s winning projects represent the nation’s highest achievements in Abandoned Mine Land (AML) reclamation, demonstrating innovative reclamation techniques

Read more...

Union Pacific Loads Coal from New Elk Coal Mine for Export to Asian Markets

August 19, 2021

Union Pacific (UP) is onboarding Allegiance Coal’s new mine near Jansen, Colorado, as part of a long-term agreement to export metallurgical coal into the Asian and South American markets. The first shipment out of the New Elk Coal Mine was

Read more...

Champion Iron Signs Letter of Intent with Caterpillar for Advanced Drilling Technologies

August 19, 2021

Champion Iron Limited has signed a letter of intent with Caterpillar to implement artificial intelligence based advanced drilling technologies on Cat equipment at its Bloom Lake Mine. The project will progressively implement a remote-controlled, semi-autonomous and fully autonomous Cat electric

Read more...

DOE Funds $24 Million for Nine Capture Carbon Emissions Projects

August 19, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) allocated $24 million in funding for nine research projects to explore and develop new methods of capturing and storing carbon from the air. Direct Air Capture (DAC) is an expanding field in decarbonization and

Read more...

Senator Manchin Takes U.S. Labor Secretary on West Virginia Mine Tour

August 19, 2021

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin says sometimes the coal industry is treated by Washington like a Vietnam War veteran who just returned home. Manchin, D-W.Va., welcomed U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on Wednesday to the Northern Panhandle, and the pair took

Read more...

Paramount Gold Granted Conditional Use Permit to Start Construction at Grassy Mountain Gold Mine

August 18, 2021

Paramount Gold Nevada said the Malheur County Planning Commission has granted a two year extension through to May 2023 on the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the proposed Grassy Mountain underground mine located in eastern Oregon. The Malheur County Planning

Read more...

Rio Tinto to Invest $108 Million in Underground Development Study at Kennecott Mine, Utah

August 18, 2021

Rio Tinto has approved a $108 million investment in underground development to enable early orebody access and undertake orebody characterisation studies for underground mining at the Kennecott copper operations in the United States. The investment builds on $25 million approved

Read more...

Hecla’s Greens Creek Mine Recognized for Leadership, Ethics, and Organization, Alaska

August 18, 2021

The Alaska Chamber has named Hecla Mining’s Greens Creek Mine the Rita Sholton Large Business of the Year award, which pays tribute to businesses that exemplify leadership, ethics, and organization. “Hecla Greens Creek exemplifies special involvement in Alaska’s communities through

Read more...

Cleveland-Cliffs Issues Its Comprehensive Sustainability Report for 2020

August 18, 2021

Cleveland-Cliffs has released its full Sustainability Report 2020. In response to feedback from many of its stakeholders, Cleveland-Cliffs developed its Sustainability Report 2020 with reference to the widely-used Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) comprehensive sustainability reporting framework and Sustainability Accounting Standards

Read more...

Westmoreland Resumes Operations at Coal Valley Mine Near Edson, Canada

August 16, 2021

Westmoreland Mining and its wholly owned subsidiary Prairie Mines & Royalty have resumed operations at the company’s Coal Valley Mine near Edson.  The mine has been in care and maintenance since June 2020 due to severe constraints related to the

Read more...

Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement