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DOE Releases Tool Updates for Securing America’s Energy Infrastructure from Cyber Threats

August 2, 2021

Cyber threats to our nation’s energy systems are rising. Recent cyber incidents, like the Colonial Pipeline attack, have demonstrated the power of malicious actors to shut down our nation’s critical energy infrastructure and disrupt our energy supplies, economy, and everyday

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Liebherr Introducing Three New Excavators at MINExpo 2021

August 2, 2021

Liebherr Mining is gearing up to showcase its new mining solutions portfolio at the world’s largest mining trade show, MINExpo International 2021. At MINExpo 2021, Liebherr Mining will display the R 9150 Generation 7 (G7) 130t/143 ton excavator, the next

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EPA: Corps Wrong to Stop Regulating Rosemont Mine Site’s Streams and Washes

August 2, 2021

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to relinquish its authority over the proposed Rosemont Mine has drawn sharp criticism from the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA says the Corps’ decision — which opens the door for Rosemont to be built

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Chile Workers at BHP’s Escondida Copper Mine Vote to Strike

August 2, 2021

Workers at the world’s biggest copper mine, in Chile, have called a strike after rejecting a compensation offer by Anglo-Australian giant BHP. The world’s top producer of the mineral, Chile makes up 28 percent of global copper output, and the

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EIA: Number of Producing U.S. Coal Mines Fall in 2020 to 551 Mines

August 2, 2021

By the end of 2020, the number of producing coal mines in the United States fell to 551 mines, the lowest number since U.S. coal production peaked in 2008. In 2020, 40 coal mines were opened or reactivated, and 151

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DOE Selects Industry Partners to Validate Innovative Manufacturing Technologies, Launches New RFP

August 2, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected five private-sector partners to conduct field validation of clean, efficient technologies in real-world industrial environments. These Industrial Technology Validation (ITV) projects will accelerate the adoption of cost-effective, emerging technologies that can help decarbonize

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Nouveau Monde Begins Construction on Matawinie Graphite Project, Canada

July 30, 2021

A new phase started this month as Nouveau Monde Graphite launched civil construction works for its flagship Matawinie graphite mining project located in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 120 km north of Montréal, Québec. Over the past months, the company has steadily advanced detailed

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BHP Makes $258 Million All-cash Offer to Acquire Canada’s Noront Resources

July 30, 2021

Australian mining firm BHP, through its subsidiary BHP Lonsdale, has made an offer to acquire Canada-based Noront Resources in an all-cash deal worth C$325 million ($258 million). Under the terms of the agreement, BHP Western Mining Resources, a BHP Lonsdale

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Cleveland-Cliffs Receives Water Permit for Its Northshore Mining’s Tailings Basin Expansion, Minn.

July 30, 2021

Minnesota regulators said Northshore Mining’s planned 650-acre tailings basin expansion doesn’t require an environmental review and awarded the project a key water permit this week. In a 68-page environmental review of need determination, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on

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Queensland Approves Stanmore’s New Metallurgical Coal Mine, Australia

July 30, 2021

Construction will start next month on an $82 million extension for the existing Isaac Plains metallurgical coal mine, supporting up to 550 jobs in the central Queensland coalfields. Resources Minister Scott Stewart today announced the final government approvals and go-ahead

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