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Legislature Extends Unemployment Benefits for Iron Range Miners, Minnesota
March 29, 2016
After months of negotiations and debate, legislators sent a bill to Gov. Mark Dayton Thursday to extend unemployment benefits for 26 weeks to out-of-work miners on the Iron Range. Legislators also passed a separate measure to give businesses that contribute
Former Kentucky State Representative Hall Sentenced to Seven Years for Bribing State Mine Official
March 29, 2016
A former state representative and Pikeville coal operator was sentenced to seven years Thursday for bribing a state mine official. Wendell Keith Hall, 56, was also ordered by a judge to pay a $25,000 fine and serve two years on
Forest Service Extends Comment Period for Hecla’s Rock Creek Mine Project, Montana
March 29, 2016
The U.S. Forest Service has extended the comment period for the draft environmental impact statement for the Rock Creek Mine project near Noxon. Residents will now have until April 19 to submit comments on the proposed copper and silver project.
U.S. to Consider Sharp Hike in Royalties from Coal Mines
March 29, 2016
Royalty rates on coal extracted from massive strip mines on public lands could increase 50 percent under a pending overhaul of a U.S. government program that critics say contributes to climate change, documents released Thursday show. The royalty hike was
Cliffs Natural Resources to Shut Down Empire Mine by Year End, Michigan
March 29, 2016
This time, it’s official. The Empire Mine will close at the end of 2016. “We are shutting down the Empire Mine by the end of this year. So we will start the process of winding down operations and the warning
Fatality at Arch Coal’s Huff Creek No. 1 Coal Mine, Kentucky
March 29, 2016
A man was killed Friday in a mining accident in Harlan County, Kentucky. Mark Frazier, 48, of Line Fork, Kentucky, was struck and killed by falling material around 8:15 a.m. as he was performing mine maintenance work at the Huff
Black Diamond to Acquire Long Carbon Steel Mills in North America from ArcelorMittal
March 28, 2016
Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C.‘s affiliated investment vehicle has signed a definitive agreement with ArcelorMittal to acquire ArcelorMittal’s LaPlace, Louisiana; Harriman, Tennessee; and Vinton, Texas steelmaking and finishing operations focused on the production and sale of long carbon steel products
Mitch McConnell Sends Letter to Governors Regarding Supreme Court’s Stay of Clean Power Plan
March 28, 2016
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wrote to the nation’s governors regarding the Supreme Court’s recent nationwide stay of the Obama Administration’s so-called “Clean Power Plan” (CPP) — a massive regulatory plan that will not have a meaningful impact on
Kentucky Rep. Rogers Questions EPA Administrator about War on Coal at Hearing
March 28, 2016
During a budget hearing for fiscal year 2017 with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) questioned EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy about the Obama administration’s war on coal. “Good [coal] jobs are disappearing day by day,
AME BC Welcomes Mineral Exploration Incentives in Federal Budget 2016
March 28, 2016
The Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) welcomes incentives in the Government of Canada’s 2016 budget that assist mineral explorers and developers in British Columbia. The federal budget extends the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (METC) through March 2017.
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