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Rail and River Transportation Issues Hamper West Virginia’s Coal Exports to Europe

March 11, 2022

Problems are cutting into the West Virginia coal industry’s ability to benefit from record-high prices for coal suddenly needed to fire Europe’s power plants. The mining industry blames railroads and a decline in its own ability to produce coal. The

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Terry Jarrett: U.S. Must Learn from Europe’s Energy Crisis

March 11, 2022

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolds, Americans are witnessing the troubling global impacts. Oil has passed $100 a barrel, and the European Union remains beholden to Russia for almost 40 percent of its natural gas supplies. There’s a reasonable fear

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House Passes Ban on Russian Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal

March 10, 2022

Russian coal, gas, and oil and other petroleum products would be illegal to import in the U.S. under a bill the House passed Wednesday in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers voted 414-17 to pass the bill, which Rep.

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Economists Explore Mining’s Future in Alaska, Releases Study

March 10, 2022

A paper released Wednesday by the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage envisions what the state’s mining industry could look like in 20 years. The paper’s authors — UAA professors Bob Loeffler and Brett

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Rise Gold Receives Water Supply Assessment Approval for Idaho-Maryland Mine Project, California

March 10, 2022

Rise Gold Corp. said the Nevada Irrigation District’s (NID) board of directors has approved the water supply assessment (WSA) for the Idaho-Maryland Mine Project. The WSA’s purpose is to perform an evaluation as established by California legislation, SB 610, codified

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AngloGold Ashanti Americas’ Bullfrog Mine Could Add 300-500 Jobs Near Beatty, Nevada

March 10, 2022

A South Africa-based gold company says it could create as many as 300 to 500 jobs near Beatty, if its study to construct a mining operation in the North Bullfrog district outside the town proves feasible this year. Those jobs

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Active Mining Companies in Canada Provide Funding for Academic Researchers in Remediation

March 10, 2022

Yukon’s Office of the Science Advisor is working hard to make the research that happens through the Northern Research Centre more accessible and the names that work there, more recognizable. On Feb. 25, Dr. Guillaume Nielsen, Yukon University’s Industrial Research

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Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Wraps Up Their “Move Mining” Competition

March 10, 2022

Two students at Catalina Foothills High school in Arizona are making a difference in the field of mining. The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and exploration wrapped up their “move mining” competition to help change people’s perception of mining. Both Cole

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Michael Stumo: If We Want to Make it All in America, We Must Start by Mining it All in America

March 9, 2022

President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech came just as the United States has abruptly entered a new post-post-Cold War era. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has quickly altered the global picture — and the president acknowledged the strategic impacts.

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Idaho Strategic Resources Advances Its Diamond Creek Rare Earth Element Project, Idaho

March 9, 2022

Idaho Strategic Resources (IDR) latest high-grade intercepts from the Klondike surface drill program solidified the decision to expand underground development into the Klondike Shoot of the Golden Chest Mine. Concurrent with the decision to expand into the Klondike. Idaho Strategic

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