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Rainmaker Resources to Acquire Sarcobatus Flats Lithium Property, Nevada
June 15, 2016
Rainmaker Resources Ltd. has entered into an option agreement whereby the company can acquire a 100 percent interest in the Sarcobatus Flats Lithium property located in Nye County, Nevada. The Sarcobatus property comprises 48 placer mining claims, issued by the
Jacobs Secures Coal Ash Consulting Contract for City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri
June 15, 2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract to provide analysis and consulting services regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalized regulations on coal combustion residuals (CCR) to City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri. The contract, with a maximum value
Second Body Recovered from Landslide at Green Brothers Gravel Pit, Mississippi
June 15, 2016
Officials say the body of the second worker has been removed from a gravel pit in Copiah County. Recovery operations in Copiah County have ended now that the bodies of two men have been recovered. Dee Hemphill and Emmitt Shorter
W. Va. DEP Reaches $300 Million Agreement with Alpha Natural Resources for Mine Cleanup
June 15, 2016
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has reached an agreement in principle with the state’s largest coal operator, Alpha Natural Resources, which filed for bankruptcy in August 2015. The $300 million-plus agreement, which remains subject to a number of
Atrum Coal Encouraged With Anthracite Results at Its Groundhog North Project, British Columbia
June 15, 2016
Atrum Coal NL will be encouraged by the economics of a staged starter mine concept for anthracite from its Groundhog North project in British Columbia, Canada. Apart from a robust projected net present value of US$239 million from a pre-feasibility
Cliffs Natural Resources to Reopen Its United Taconite Mining Facilities in August, Minnesota
June 15, 2016
Cliffs Natural Resources brought more good news to northeastern Minnesota’s Iron Range on Thursday when the company said it will restart operations in August at its United Taconite mining facilities, two months earlier than previously announced. Cleveland-based Cliffs announced the
CuMo Mining Secures $700 Million from Chinese Firm at Advance Its Molybdenum Mine, Idaho
June 15, 2016
A Canadian mining company has reached an agreement with a Chinese firm that will bring $700 million in financing for a possible open-pit molybdenum mine near Boise, Idaho. Vancouver, British Columbia-based American CuMo Mining Corp. said it reached the deal
Mining Companies Getting Back Into Financial Shape, Cuts Distressed Debt by $60 Billion
June 15, 2016
Mining companies are getting back into financial shape and have cut the sector’s pool of distressed bonds by at least $60 billion, providing another boost to the industry’s outlook as commodities enter a bull market. Anglo American Plc and Glencore
Argonaut Gold Submits Permit Application, Files Technical Report for Its San Agustin Project, Mexico
June 14, 2016
Argonaut Gold Inc. has come to an agreement to acquire the necessary land to develop its San Agustin project in Durango, Mexico. This recent land agreement allowed the company to file for the required change in use of soil permit.
MSHA Publishes Request for Information to Control Exposure to Diesel Exhaust in Underground Mines
June 14, 2016
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has published a request for information on approaches to control and monitor underground miners’ exposures to diesel exhaust. “It’s time for the agency to look back and review its existing
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