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Alaska DNR to Increase Fees for Mining on State-owned Land
June 27, 2019
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has announced plans to increase the fees for mining on state-owned land, according to a public notice filed Friday. The increase is due entirely to a clause in state law that requires the fees
EPA to Weigh Withdrawal of Proposed Mining Restrictions in Alaska’s Bristol Bay Region
June 27, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to resume considering whether to withdraw proposed Obama-era restrictions on mining activity in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. General Counsel Matthew Leopold has directed regional administrator Chris Hladick (lad-ick) to weigh the issue. Leopold, in
Watchdog Sues for White House Documents on Lobbying for Minnesota Mining Leases
June 27, 2019
A government watchdog group is suing the Trump administration for access to e-mails, notes and memos regarding its decision to renew two federal mineral leases for Twin Metals Minnesota, the company working to build a copper-nickel mine just outside the
AFL-CIO President Talks About the Future of Coal at Montana Event
June 27, 2019
Rich Trumka, the president of the country’s largest union federation, the AFL-CIO, was in Montana for the state’s convention in Missoula last week. The federation represents many workers in Montana’s troubled coal industry. Trumka is a third-generation miner. The Pennsylvania
Caterpillar has Successful Exhibit at Longwall USA Show
June 27, 2019
Miners from all over the world gathered in May 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pa., USA, for the Longwall USA exhibition and conference — a biennial underground mining exhibition that has supported the mining industry for more than 20 years. One of
Outlook Shaky as Domestic Met Coal Talks Loom
June 27, 2019
US coking coal market participants are weighing up an uncertain outlook as domestic fundamentals falter and steel prices drop just weeks before negotiations for 2020 domestic supply contracts are due to begin. US coking coal producers are yet to receive
Income Falls in Several Appalachian Kentucky Counties as Coal Fails to Bounce Back
June 27, 2019
New data released by the Appalachian Regional Commission Tuesday show per capita annual income fell by more than $1,000 in several Eastern Kentucky counties from 2016 to 2017, the most recent year made available by the ARC. In Bell County,
EPA Finalizes Affordable Clean Energy Rule
June 26, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule – replacing the prior administration’s overreaching Clean Power Plan (CPP) with a rule that restores the rule of law and empowers states to continue to reduce
Constantine Metal Resources Starts Exploration at Palmer Mine Project, Alaska
June 25, 2019
The developer of a proposed mine in southeast Alaska is moving ahead with exploration following a favorable court decision. That decision, however, is being appealed by critics of the project, which is located near Haines. Liz Cornejo, vice president for
W. Va. AG Morrisey Applauds Trump Energy Plan and Continues Fight for Coal Miners
June 25, 2019
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and a 27-state coalition applauded President Trump’s proposed replacement of the so-called Clean Power Plan, a disastrous, Obama-era rule that the Attorney General blocked at the U.S. Supreme Court in February 2016. The U.S.
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