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Stanmore to Acquire BHP’s Stake in BHP Mitsui Coal for $1.35 Billion
November 8, 2021
BHP has signed a share sale and purchase agreement to divest its 80 percent interest in BHP Mitsui Coal (BMC), an operated metallurgical coal joint venture in Queensland. Stanmore SMC Holdings Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stanmore Resources
Former Coal Company Execs to Go on Trial for Skirting Dust-monitoring Rules
November 8, 2021
A group of former coal company officials will go on trial in Kentucky next week for allegedly skirting federal rules meant to reduce deadly dust in underground mines. The four men, who worked for now-bankrupt Armstrong Coal, ordered workers at
Fluor-led JV Awarded Contract to Install Grinding Mill at Grasberg Mine, Indonesia
November 8, 2021
Fluor Corporation and its joint venture with Petrosea, Fluor Petrosea Joint Organization (FPJO), has been selected by PT Freeport Indonesia to install a new grinding mill at its Grasberg copper and gold mining district in Papua, Indonesia. Fluor booked its
Georgia Power to Cut Generation in Half at Robert W. Scherer Power Plant
November 8, 2021
The biggest coal-fired power plant in the country gets all of its coal from Wyoming. A second of its four units is now slated for retirement, halving total capacity before the end of the decade. Three Wyoming mines — Buckskin,
Eros Resources Receives Major Permit Approval for Bell Mountain Mine Project, Nevada
November 5, 2021
EROS Resources’ wholly-owned subsidiary Bell Mountain Exploration has received a Water Pollution Control Permit (WPCP) from the Nevada Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation (BMRR) for the Bell Mountain Mine Project in Churchill County, Nevada. The WPCP was received October
Allegiance Coal to Acquire Drummond Coal’s Short Creek Underground Mine for $4.4 Million, Alabama
November 5, 2021
Allegiance has entered into an agreement with Drummond Coal to acquire the Short Creek Mine located west of Birmingham, Alabama. The mine is a tier one asset, a deposit with scale and premium hard coking quality coal, that consolidates and
Chifeng Jilong Gold to Acquire Golden Star Resources for $470 Million
November 5, 2021
Golden Star Resources and Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co. have entered into a definitive agreement to which Chifeng has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Golden Star by way of a statutory plan of
Fraser Institute Releases Its Annual Survey of Mining and Exploration Companies
November 4, 2021
The Fraser Institute has released the results of its annual survey of mining and exploration companies. The report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2020 annual survey of mining and exploration companies. The survey is an attempt to assess
Industry Survey Finds Idaho Most Mining-friendly State
November 4, 2021
A mining-industry survey has ranked Idaho the most mining-friendly jurisdiction in the world, displacing Finland, which ranked first the prior year. The 2020 annual survey, conducted by the Fraser Institute in Canada, asked mining and exploration companies to rate jurisdictions
Minera Alamos Achieves First Gold Production at Santana Project, Mexico
November 4, 2021
Minera Alamos has made an initial delivery of gold doré from its Santana gold project in Sonora, Mexico. The gold was recovered from early material stacked on the Santana heap leach pad during the months of July and August and
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