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EPA Reconsiders Rules on Coal Ash that Could Save $100 Million in Compliance Costs
March 15, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed transferring some responsibility in regulating coal ash disposal from the federal government to the states Thursday. The proposal could save the coal-fired power plants and utilities between $31 million and $100 million in compliance
Winter Challenges Massachusetts’ Anti-Fossil-Fuel Policies Leading to Importing Gas and Coal
March 15, 2018
Massachusetts’ anti-fossil-fuel policies are the primary reason why the state has relied on natural gas imports from a Russian oil company the Department of State sanctioned during the Obama-era. Officials in Massachusetts and neighboring New Hampshire blocked financing in 2016
DOE Launches $7M Funding Opportunity for Transformational Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture Technology
March 14, 2018
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has launched up to $7 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001830, Transformational Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture Technologies. Projects selected
Teck Restarts Coal Dryer at Its Elkview Operations, B.C.
March 13, 2018
Teck Resources Limited confirmed that restart of the coal dryer at its Elkview Operations and provided updated guidance for estimated steelmaking coal sales volumes for the first quarter of 2018. The coal dryer at Elkview Operations has been recommissioned following
Wolfden Resources Tests for Mining Potential in Maine
March 13, 2018
A Canadian company could develop Maine’s first large-scale mining operation in decades if a $1 million exploration project finds high-grade metal deposits. Wolfden Resources Corp. is currently testing core samples from a deposit under Pickett Mountain in Penobscot County. The
EPA’s Decision to Not Implement Financial Assistance Rule Relieved Duplicate Bond Requirements
March 13, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency rolled back 22 regulations last year that saved $1 billion, including one that will benefit hard-rock mining companies that operate in states like Nevada, Administrator Scott Pruitt said Monday. While Pruitt touted a reversal of many
Judge Allows Class Action Suit Against Bluestone Coal in WARN Case, W. Va.
March 13, 2018
A federal judge has certified a class action lawsuit in the third of four cases filed by a Beckley attorney against Bluestone Coal Corporation. The suit, certified Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Irene Berger, and filed by Sam Petsonk
Black Hills Mining Museum Receives Grant to Preserve Mining History, South Dakota
March 13, 2018
A museum in western South Dakota is receiving a federal grant to help preserve the mining history of the Black Hills. The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded a $7,800 grant to the Black Hills Mining Museum in
More Time Needed to Study Sandfire Resources’ Proposed Black Butte Copper Project, Montana
March 12, 2018
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality says it needs more time to study a proposed copper mine near White Sulphur Springs. The Independent Record reports the department sent a letter Tuesday to Sandfire Resources America requesting a consultation about the
Mining Industry Groups Seek Review of Grand Canyon-area Mining Claims Ban
March 12, 2018
Mining industry groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review an Obama-era ban on new mining claims around the Grand Canyon. The petitions filed Friday by the National Mining Association and the American Exploration and Mining Association comes as
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