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Federal Board Renews Operating Permit for Crow Butte Uranium Mine, Nebraska
January 4, 2017
The Crow Butte Uranium Mine at Crawford will be allowed to continue operating, according to a partial ruling issued by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. In its second partial ruling made earlier this month, the board ruled on the
Mining Engineering Firm Marshall Miller and Associates Reestablished in Bluefield, Virginia
January 4, 2017
A familiar company name in the region has been reestablished. Marshall Miller & Associates, a long-time based Bluefield mining engineering business that was purchased by Cardno Inc. in 2012, is now a separate company again. Scott Keim, who was president
Safe Year in Coal Mining Ends with Record Low 9 Deaths
January 4, 2017
The nation’s coal mines are nearing a record low mark for on-the-job deaths for the third year in a row and have a chance to keep the number of fatal accidents in single digits for the first time. With just
Vega Biofuels Receives Attention After Releasing Evaluation Report on Its Bio-Coal Energy Product
January 3, 2017
Vega Biofuels, Inc. has received worldwide attention following the successful evaluation of the company’s Bio-Coal product, completed by Western Research Institute. The company has received requests for samples from power companies all over the world interested in performing their own
Rhino Resource Partners Enters Options Agreements with Royal Energy Resources and Yorktown Partners
January 3, 2017
Rhino Resource Partners LP has entered into an option agreement with Royal Energy Resources, Inc., Rhino Resource Partners Holdings, LLC, an entity wholly-owned by certain investment partnerships managed by Yorktown Partners LLC, and Rhino GP LLC, the general partner of
Peabody Energy Advances Reorganization Plan Towards Approval
January 3, 2017
Peabody Energy has reported that additional eligible holders of approximately 16.6 percent of the outstanding principal amount of the company’s senior secured second lien notes and approximately 3.8 percent of the outstanding principal amount of the company’s senior unsecured notes
IDM Mining Signs LOI to Sell Yukon Portfolio to Strikepoint Gold
December 28, 2016
IDM Mining Ltd. has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to sell IDM’s extensive portfolio of properties located in the Yukon to StrikePoint Gold Inc. Under the terms of the letter of intent, the purchase price for the Yukon
Western Potash Receives Final Engineering Report on Milestone Pilot Plant Project, Saskatchewan
December 28, 2016
Western Potash Corp. has received the final engineering report on the proposed Milestone Pilot Plant Project. “We are pleased to have completed all the engineering, which shows the technological and economic feasibility of applying innovative horizontal drilling methodology, selective solution
NMA Expresses Opposition of Interior Department’s Stream Rule
December 28, 2016
The National Mining Association (NMA) has expressed its strong opposition to the Interior Department’s stream rule, calling on Congress to swiftly pass a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval and the president to sign it without delay. The rule, which
Senator Murkowski: Stream Buffer Rule Bypasses State Regulators and Congress
December 28, 2016
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has expressed opposition to the Obama administration’s final rule on stream buffer zones for coal mining. “The Obama administration has abused the rule-making process for eight years to subvert the law to meet their policy
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