Feature Stories
In Ohio’s Coal Country, Murray Energy Fights On
January 27, 2016
“How many of you have been laid off at least once in your career as coal miners?” Robert Murray asks a group of coal mining foreman assembled at the St. Clairsville, Ohio headquarters of Murray Energy. Nearly every hand in
Killing Coal: The Obama Administration’s Intentional Assault On an Industry
January 26, 2016
By now, most people are aware of President Obama’s 2008 campaign promise to bankrupt the coal industry — which he acknowledged would “necessarily” cause electricity to skyrocket. Seven years later, that is a campaign promise he is keeping. Since moving
Joy Global Develops New Technologies Changing the Way Mining is Done
January 19, 2016
From the company headquarters in Milwaukee, Joy Global Inc. executives can monitor an underground mining machine operating on the other side of the world, and they have a clear view of the slump that has engulfed their industry for nearly
EPA Inspector General Finds No Bias in Assessment of Alaska’s Bristol Bay Watershed
January 15, 2016
Government investigators looking into the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rejection of the Pebble Mine project found 25 months of missing emails from the account of an employee who allegedly played a major role in derailing a crucial Alaska mine project.
Anthracite Heritage Foundation in Pa. Prepares for First Installment of Miners Memorial
January 12, 2016
Expect Donald Sanderson to mine your family’s history. He’s been asking people he meets in town, on vacation and anywhere he goes, “Was there a miner in your family?” Knowing the history of anthracite mining in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Sanderson is
The Most Absurd 2015 EPA Power-Grabs of Dubious Legality
January 5, 2016
The EPA has made a lot of power grabs of dubious legality over the last year, from forcing unpopular regulations through over the objections of Congress to illegally using social media to promote Obama’s policies. So without further ado, here
Mosaic Shoots for Wingate Phosphate Mine Expansion in Florida by Spring
January 5, 2016
Mosaic Co., world’s largest manufacturer of phosphate-based chemical fertilizers, expects to be approved to begin digging up 3,700 acres of East Manatee County farmland next summer. The acreage, an extension of mining operations at the company’s 11,000-acre Wingate Creek phosphate
The Last King of Coal Bob Murray Makes His Stand
December 30, 2015
At 75, Robert E. Murray may be the last of the old-time coal barons. He’s not about to go quietly. At a time when the U.S. coal industry is beset on all sides — by environmentalists, by regulators, by the
Naicatchewenin First Nation’s in Canada Casts Its Nets at New Gold Mine
December 18, 2015
Gilbert Smith spent most of his career working away from Naicatchewenin First Nation (Northwest Bay) to feed his family of six. His path led him across the north fighting forest fires, through the mills in Fort Frances and International Falls.
Tim Bradner: Alaska Coal has Vital Role to Play in Production of Cleaner Energy
December 16, 2015
I’m contemplating a lump of coal. Not the one that may be in my stocking Christmas morning (really, Santa, I’ve been good), but one that is nonetheless jam-packed with energy and deserves a bit more respect than it has been
