Feature Stories
Steven Winberg: Clean Coal is Crucial for American Jobs, Energy Security, and National Supply Chains
July 7, 2020
The Keystone State has had an essential role in our Republic since its founding, and today, Pennsylvania continues to have an essential place, especially in cleaner energy production. Thanks to research conducted by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy
Divers Find Evidence of America’s First Ocher Mines in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula
July 6, 2020
Experts and cave divers in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have found ocher mines that are some of the oldest on the continent. Ancient skeletons were found in the narrow, twisting labyrinths of now-submerged sinkhole caves. Since skeletal remains like “Naia,” a
Chris Hamilton: Coal Will Remain Major Part of W.Va. Economy
July 1, 2020
Everyone knows the important role that West Virginia coal has had on our daily lives and the overall health of our state. The coal industry has always accounted for an abundance of good paying jobs, a reliable revenue stream and
U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette: Clean Coal is Essential to America
June 26, 2020
In March of this year, as COVID-19 began its upward climb, the State of Pennsylvania chose to include coal mining among its “essential” activities. This decision presumably didn’t sit well with those wanting to ban coal altogether due to environmental
Nevada Gold Mines CEO Mark Bristow Discusses COVID-19 Response
June 24, 2020
A lifetime of working in Sub-Saharan African gold mines has helped prepare Nevada Gold Mines President and CEO Mark Bristow for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in Northeast Nevada. “The way we have managed the COVID-19 pandemic shows us that
Virginia’s Coal Industry Sees Furloughs and Idled Mines Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
June 22, 2020
As the coronavirus swept across the globe this spring, Southwest Virginia’s coal industry felt the pandemic’s impacts as companies furloughed employees and idled production at several sites amid safety concerns and reduced demand for electricity and steel. COVID-19 is the
Liebherr USA Headquarters Opens at Expanded Facility in Newport News, Virginia
June 16, 2020
Liebherr USA, Co. marked a milestone on April 6, 2020 – the company formally moved in to a newly expanded campus. The facilities house employees who work in administration, finance, human resources, sales, information technology, marketing, product support, and distribution
ADE Installs Innovative Water Spray System at Nevada Gold Mines’ Phoenix Mine
June 15, 2020
There is so much going on at a mine site, with the huge shovels and haul trucks and all the equipment and chemical processes to extract the metal from the ore, that a water truck driving around spraying water on
Seafloor Drones Help Miners Find Rare Metals
June 10, 2020
Across the otherworldly plains of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, some 15,000 ft below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, are clustered manganese nodules the size of potatoes. The rare earth metal deposits have grown undisturbed at a rate of about a
Ghosts of West Virginia: Stories of Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster Told Through Music
June 8, 2020
Steve Earle enjoys writing and telling stories. He’s been writing them since he was a teen, working hard in Nashville, Tennessee to achieve his dreams. Now, the multiple Grammy winner has taken on a new project; to tell the story
