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Kiewit Lays Off 45 Coal Miners at Buckskin Mine, Wyoming
June 17, 2016
The Kiewit Corp. eliminated 45 jobs at its Buckskin Mine on Tuesday, the latest in a series of cutbacks at Powder River Basin coal mines in recent months. Executives at the Omaha-based firm said the move was a response to
Georgia Power to Cease Operations of All Coal Ash Ponds Within Three Years
June 15, 2016
Georgia Power has updated its ash pond closure strategy and provided new details on the timeline and engineering methods being used for all 29 of its ash ponds. All of the company’s 29 ash ponds across the state will cease
Oban Mining Acquires Excellon’s DeSantis Property, Ontario
June 15, 2016
Excellon Resources Inc. has finalized the transfer to Oban Mining Corporation of the mining leases comprising part of the DeSantis Property in Ogden Township in the Porcupine Mining Division, Ontario. About Excellon Excellon’s 100 percent-owned La Platosa Mine in Durango
DOE Releases Draft Request for Proposal for Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract, Ohio
June 15, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract (LLCC) acquisition. A contract that primarily includes cost-plus-award-fee contract line items for the purpose of continuing the legacy cleanup
Jacobs Secures Coal Ash Consulting Contract for City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri
June 15, 2016
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract to provide analysis and consulting services regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalized regulations on coal combustion residuals (CCR) to City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri. The contract, with a maximum value
Second Body Recovered from Landslide at Green Brothers Gravel Pit, Mississippi
June 15, 2016
Officials say the body of the second worker has been removed from a gravel pit in Copiah County. Recovery operations in Copiah County have ended now that the bodies of two men have been recovered. Dee Hemphill and Emmitt Shorter
W. Va. DEP Reaches $300 Million Agreement with Alpha Natural Resources for Mine Cleanup
June 15, 2016
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has reached an agreement in principle with the state’s largest coal operator, Alpha Natural Resources, which filed for bankruptcy in August 2015. The $300 million-plus agreement, which remains subject to a number of
Atrum Coal Encouraged With Anthracite Results at Its Groundhog North Project, British Columbia
June 15, 2016
Atrum Coal NL will be encouraged by the economics of a staged starter mine concept for anthracite from its Groundhog North project in British Columbia, Canada. Apart from a robust projected net present value of US$239 million from a pre-feasibility
Cliffs Natural Resources to Reopen Its United Taconite Mining Facilities in August, Minnesota
June 15, 2016
Cliffs Natural Resources brought more good news to northeastern Minnesota’s Iron Range on Thursday when the company said it will restart operations in August at its United Taconite mining facilities, two months earlier than previously announced. Cleveland-based Cliffs announced the
CuMo Mining Secures $700 Million from Chinese Firm at Advance Its Molybdenum Mine, Idaho
June 15, 2016
A Canadian mining company has reached an agreement with a Chinese firm that will bring $700 million in financing for a possible open-pit molybdenum mine near Boise, Idaho. Vancouver, British Columbia-based American CuMo Mining Corp. said it reached the deal
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