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Global Standard on Waste Dams Released in Response to Multiple Mining Disasters
August 7, 2020
In response to multiple high-fatality mining sector accidents, a highly anticipated global standard on managing tailings was released Aug. 5 with the ambition of future dams causing “zero harm to people and the environment with zero tolerance for human fatality.”
Trump Says He’ll Listen to Both Sides on Pebble Mine Project, Alaska
August 7, 2020
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would “listen to both sides” after his eldest son and a campaign adviser urged him to intervene to block a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. Donald Trump Jr. on
EPA Settles With Utah Over 2015 Colorado Gold King Mine Spill
August 7, 2020
The U.S. government settled a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the state of Utah over a mine waste spill caused by federal workers that sent wastewater downstream to several states from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado five years
Peabody Energy Writes Down $1.42 Billion Value of North Antelope Rochelle Mine, Wyoming
August 7, 2020
Leading coal company Peabody Energy announced it will write down the value of the nation’s largest coal mine by $1.42 billion, as conditions for thermal coal production continue to weaken, according to a second quarter report published Wednesday morning. Plummeting
Planning Commission Votes Against Yellowstone’s Mine Proposal, Georgia
August 7, 2020
Members of the Bartow County Planning Commission voted unanimously Monday night to recommend denial of a request to rezone more than 400 acres in Adairsville for a possible mining operation. In addition to the rezoning request, applicant Yellowstone, LLC also
Aquila Resources Completes Positive PEA for Its Back Forty Project, Michigan
August 6, 2020
Aquila Resources has released a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly-owned Back Forty Project, located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA. The PEA builds on the company’s 2018 open pit feasibility study and includes the currently known
Cummins Receives Two Department of Energy Awards for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powertrains
August 6, 2020
Cummins has received two awards from the U.S. DOE’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) totaling nearly $7 million. The awards are for Cummins’ continued work on enhancing economic viability of fuel cell powertrain solutions for heavy-duty
Politics Getting Involved as Pebble Mine Awaits Permit Decision, Alaska
August 5, 2020
Donald Trump Jr. said Tuesday on Twitter he opposes the Pebble mine prospect, as the Trump administration considers whether to issue a key permit for construction. Retweeting a post calling on the federal government to block the copper and gold
Dan Brouillette: W.Va. Coal Industry has Key Role in American’s Energy Future
August 5, 2020
West Virginia has a long, proud history as one of our nation’s top coal-producing states. In recent years, the industry associated with this abundant resource has been challenged as the demand for coal by the existing fleet of coal-fired power
Kiewit Furloughs Miners at Buckskin Coal Mine, Wyoming
August 5, 2020
The owner of Buckskin Coal Mine will furlough its workers in response to the weakening demand for coal nationwide, the company confirmed Tuesday. The furloughs come on the heels of the owner laying off 60 miners in March. “Due to
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