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Teck Resources Lowers Steelmaking Coal Price Guidance
October 17, 2017
Teck Resources says it expects to realize an average price for its steelmaking coal about 15 per cent lower than the quarterly benchmark price. The company said Thursday it expects to get between US$160 and US$165 per tonne for its
UMWA Training Center in Ruff Creek Receives $1.7 Million Federal Grant, Pa.
October 17, 2017
Just a couple of years ago, United Mine Workers of America’s training center near Ruff Creek was bustling with activity that included safety courses and rescue drills complete with competitions in a simulated coal mine. As the coal industry has
Granite Shore Power to Acquire Eversource’s Coal Plants for $175 Million, New Hampshire
October 17, 2017
Eversource has agreed to sell its power generating assets with a combined capacity of around 1.2GW in New Hampshire (NH) to two buyers for $258m. As part of the transactions, the New Hampshire electric utility will be divesting five fossil
Newly Formed Coal Mine Methane Working Group to Address Methane Capture at Coal Mines
October 17, 2017
The Coal Mine Methane Working Group, a newly formed collaboration of representatives from Delta, Montrose and Gunnison counties and from the state of Colorado, held its first meeting on Tuesday, October 3 in Hotchkiss. Its primary mission is to find
Armstrong Coal to Idle Equality Surface Mine, Kentucky
October 16, 2017
A coal operator says it expects to idle a western Kentucky mine later this year. The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports that Armstrong Coal Co. anticipates idling the Equality surface mine in Ohio County sometime between Dec. 8 and Dec. 22. If
Wyoming Denies Permit for Ramaco’s Brook Coal Mine
October 16, 2017
State regulators rejected a permit for Brook Mine on Thursday, a proposed coal mine in northern Wyoming. This official decision comes 15 days after an independent citizen’s council sided with landowners over environmental concerns. Some locals in Sheridan had argued
Trump Administration to Terminate Obama-era Clean Power Plan
October 16, 2017
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that he will sign a new rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. “The war on coal is over,” EPA Administrator
Fire Destroys Herkimer Diamond Mines Gift Shop and Museum, New York
October 16, 2017
A massive fire Saturday morning has left part of a Central New York tourist destination burned to the ground. The Herkimer Diamond Mine’s gift shop and museum was turned to rubble after a fire started in the wooden structure around
Tetra Tech Wins $85 Million Contract to Assess Cleanup Activities for Abandoned Uranium Mines
October 16, 2017
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $85 million contract to a California based company to assess cleanup activities for abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation. The agency announced Wednesday that Tetra Tech Inc. will use the contract
Luminant to Close Three Oaks Coal Mine and Two Power Plants, Texas
October 16, 2017
A power generation company announced Friday it will shut down a Bastrop County coal mine, the power plant in Milam County it supplies coal to, and another power plant in Freestone County. Three Oaks Mine near Elgin, the Sandow Power
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