Feature Stories
New Overland Conveyor System Powered by Baldor Products Helps Gold Mine Improve Efficiencies
June 16, 2014
Argonaut Gold Inc., a Canadian gold mining company, acquired its El Castillo gold mine in 2010. Located in the state of Durango, Mexico, the open-pit, heap-leach mine has approximately 1,285 hectares of mineral concessions and surface rights, and hosts 1.23
Weakest Link in EPA’s Climate Rule?
June 13, 2014
A key concession touted by vulnerable Democrats in the administration’s new carbon pollution standards may provide the greatest legal threat to the controversial new rules, the cornerstone of President Obama’s climate change agenda. The administration is giving states broad flexibility
Jason Stverak: The War Isn’t On Coal, It’s On the People Coal Helps
June 9, 2014
The EPA’s new CO2 emissions rule may be designed to combat global warming, but it will instead accomplish exactly one goal — killing off the American coal industry. The rule, which requires both new and existing power plants to cut
CONSOL Energy’s Bailey Mine Extension Built for Changing Coal Industry
June 9, 2014
Hundreds of millions of dollars and nearly a decade of work has come to fruition underneath Greene and Washington counties at CONSOL Energy Inc.‘s new BMX mine. The new coal mine, which stands for Bailey Mine Extension, is next to
National Mining Association: There is a Better Pathway
June 4, 2014
Like Americans everywhere, I envision a stronger economy and quality of life for our children and grandchildren. But contrary to the Environmental Protection Agency’s extreme approach unveiled Monday, we believe there is a better pathway that moves us toward our
Commentary: Mining is No Cakewalk in Alaska, Give Pebble a Fair Shot
June 2, 2014
Bruce Switzer recently poked Pebble and mining in the eye (compass, May 23) so I would like to offer additional context about these issues. First we need to understand that mining in Alaska is a tough business. Always has been
How Coal Fueled the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia
June 2, 2014
Sometime before 1829, Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808-1839) sent forth a decree throughout all the lands of the Ottoman Empire offering to award anyone who could discover coal. As the story goes, Uzun Mehmed served in the Ottoman naval yards
Journey Through the Mining Camps of Cookes Peak in New Mexico Where Mineral Riches Once Thrived
May 9, 2014
The Cookes Range is located northeast of Deming in Luna County. It is dominated by a single large peak, known as Cookes Peak. This peak is named after General Cooke, who led the Mormon Battalion during the Mexican-American War, and
Obama Admits His Climate Agenda Won’t Curb Global Warming
May 8, 2014
President Barack Obama admitted in an interview with The New Yorker that his plan to lower U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by banning new coal plants would do little to curb global warming since developing countries like China and India will
Hong Kong’s Forgotten Mining Past Emerges from the Darkness to Preserve Its Culture and Heritage
May 8, 2014
A near-forgotten slice of Hong Kong’s history came back to life yesterday as about 60 residents of a former mining village in Ma On Shan gathered for a reunion in their old village church. Though Hong Kong’s past as a
