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Sandvik and Canada’s Northern College Team Up to Train BEV Service Technicians for Mining Industry
October 16, 2020
Sandvik and Northern College have entered into a memorandum of understanding to work collaboratively to enhance existing battery technician training modules and develop a Northern College Battery Electric Vehicle Technician program to educate service technicians and support the growing requirement
Minnesota Supreme Court Hears Dispute Over Canceled PolyMet Mine Permits
October 15, 2020
The Minnesota Supreme Court will decide whether state regulators erred in issuing permits for PolyMet Mining Corp.’s copper-nickel mine without a special hearing, and could impose further review of the $1 billion project. The state’s highest court became involved Tuesday
Hecla Mining Files Amended Plan of Operations for Its Greens Creek Silver Mine, Alaska
October 15, 2020
Hecla Greens Creek mine filed an amendment to its plan of operations to expand its tailings disposal facility by close to 14 acres. The amendment would increase the mine life past 2031 when the mine is expected to be full.
Blue Flint Ethanol Plant Drilling Carbon Storage Test Well, North Dakota
October 15, 2020
A McLean County ethanol plant is drilling a test well in which the facility’s carbon emissions could be injected underground for permanent storage. The “Carbon Zero” initiative at Blue Flint Ethanol is the third such carbon capture and storage project
Pebble Mine Backers Say Deposit Includes Rare Earth Mineral, Alaska
October 15, 2020
A new technical report released by backers of the Pebble mine project includes a revised mineral resource estimate that concludes the deposit has the world’s single most significant source of rhenium, one of the rarest elements in Earth’s crust. Rhenium,
MSHA Awards $400,000 in Brook-Sago Mine Safety Training Grants
October 15, 2020
The Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded $400,000 in safety training grants to six organizations as part of its Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants Program. The recipients are: • University of Arizona, Tucson • South Dakota School of Mines and
Dan Brouillette: Eastern Kentucky Coal Industry Has Key Role in Energy Future
October 15, 2020
For 120 years, the coal mined in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield has powered homes and business and provided jobs and economic benefits to communities from Greenup County to McCreary County. In recent years, the industry associated with this abundant resource
Crystal Peak Minerals Walks Away from Sevier Playa Potash Project, Utah
October 15, 2020
A few years ago, Crystal Peak Minerals boasted of plans to become a top producer of potash, a valuable mineral used in fertilizers, once it got its operation running on the bed of Utah’s Sevier Lake. Yet after successfully securing
American Resources Expands Workforce of Perry County Resources to Restart Complex, Kentucky
October 14, 2020
American Resources Corporation released an update on its progress to commence mining operations at its Perry County Resources (PCR) mining complex in Hazard, Kentucky. In anticipation of restarting the PCR complex, the company is in the process of expanding the
Hudbay Minerals Temporarily Suspends Operations at 777 Mine in Manitoba After Incident, Canada
October 14, 2020
Hudbay Minerals said production at its 777 Mine in Flin Flon, Manitoba, has been temporarily suspended due to an incident that occurred on October 9 during routine maintenance of the hoist rope and skip, which is the bucket used to
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