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Officials Stress County-wide Economic Impact if Perry Nuclear Plant Closes, Ohio
October 30, 2017
A potential closure of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant wouldn’t just affect the Perry area, but the county as a whole, says Rep. Dave Joyce’s chief of staff, Dino DiSanto. “It could blow an economic hole into Lake County,” DiSanto
Developers Are Optimistic About Potential Mine at Icy Cape, Alaska
October 30, 2017
Developers are optimistic about the potential for a beach-sand-mining operation in northern Southeast Alaska. The Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office claims good results from its second season of exploring Icy Cape, west of Yakutat and east of Cordova. When
Wisconsin Assembly to Vote this Week on Eliminating Mining Ban
October 30, 2017
The state Assembly is set to take up a Republican bill next week that would lift Wisconsin’s nearly 20-year ban on gold, silver and nickel mining. Wisconsin lawmakers passed a bill in 1998 that requires sulfide mining applicants to prove
Cementation Canada Opens $10 Million North American Maintenance Facility
October 30, 2017
Just over a year after breaking ground, Cementation Canada officially opened its new North American Maintenance facility in North Bay today. The underground mine contracting and engineering company invested more than $10 million in the project, with a $1 million
Judge Sides with Millennium Bulk Terminals, Says State Unfairly Denied Sublease, Washington
October 30, 2017
In a win for Millennium Bulk Terminals, a Cowlitz County judge has ruled that the Department of Natural Resources unfairly denied a sublease needed for the company’s $680 million Longview coal terminal. Superior Court Judge Stephen Warning said Friday that
Lucky Minerals Steps Up Community Relations Plan for Its Proposed Mine in Montana
October 30, 2017
After two years of loud opposition, the company that wants to look for gold in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park is working on its image. Lucky Minerals Inc. has spruced up its website, and a new one is
Rand Paul: Moving in the Right Direction for Kentucky Coal
October 27, 2017
For the past several years, Kentucky’s coal industry has had two top priorities when it comes to regulatory relief – rolling back the Obama administration’s power plant rule and stopping an overreaching rule on waterways near coal mining sites. Throughout
McDowell Historian Teaches Students About Region’s Coal Mining Heritage, W. Va.
October 26, 2017
Reminders of the region’s coal mining heritage are all around, but not all children truly know about the lives their ancestors led when thousands of people worked in the coal industry, but a McDowell County historian and collector is giving
DEQ to Hold Public Meetings for Tintina’s Black Butte Copper Project, Montana
October 26, 2017
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is adding an additional public scoping meeting in Helena for the process of preparing an environmental impact statement under the Montana Environmental Policy Act for the Black Butte Copper Project proposed by Tintina Montana.
Opponents Ask Montana to Suspend Permits for Hecla Mining’s Rock Creek and Montanore Mines
October 26, 2017
Environmentalists have asked Montana regulators to suspend permits for two silver mines citing concerns over the track record of the president of the company behind the proposals. Attorneys for Earthworks, the Clark Fork Coalition and three other groups on Monday
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