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Coal Miner Contura Unveils IPO with Rosy View of Future

August 1, 2017

Coal-mining company Contura Energy Inc. is expecting the coal industry to enjoy a prolonged life, thanks to President Donald Trump. Shareholders in the coal mining company are selling six million shares in an initial public offering at a price of

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Memories of a Miracle: Saved Miners, Rescuers, and Community Gather for Quecreek Mine Celebration

July 31, 2017

Robert “Boogie” Pugh doesn’t come back much to this picturesque farmland that still gives him “goosebumps” — 15 years after he and eight others were rescued after spending 78 harrowing hours trapped in a flooded mine. But Saturday, for the

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New GE Locomotive for Coal Transport Arrives at Navajo Mine, New Mexico

July 31, 2017

Motorists traveling on N.M. Highway 371 today might have seen an unusual sight as crews transported an orange, black and tan locomotive. The locomotive is one of two purchased by the Navajo Transitional Energy Company to use to haul coal

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Arch Coal CEO: Thermal Coal Still in Recovery Mode

July 31, 2017

Arch Coal’s thermal mines, including one of the largest surface mines in the country, are still in recovery mode, the CEO said in a call with investors recently. The St. Louis-based firm’s net earnings from April to June were $37.2

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Fortive to Acquire Pennsylvania-based Industrial Scientific

July 31, 2017

Industrial Scientific Corp., a Robinson-based family-owned business that makes safety products and equipment for manufacturing workers, has an agreement to be acquired by Fortive Corp. of Everett, Wash. Terms were not disclosed. Fortive, a publicly-held company with annual sales of

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Westmoreland Coal Considers Bringing Haystack Mine Back Into Production, Wyoming

July 31, 2017

During one of the most difficult years for the Wyoming coal industry in decades, the mining and construction company that operates the Kemmerer Mine in Lincoln County quietly bought a second Wyoming coal mine last winter. The Haystack Mine, about

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U.S. Forest Service Taking Comment on Hecla’s Proposed Rock Creek Copper-Silver Mine, Montana

July 31, 2017

The U.S. Forest Service released its final supplemental environmental impact statement and a draft record of decision for the proposed Rock Creek Mine near Noxon in June. The environmental impact statement and draft record of decision are now available for

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Revelation Energy to Acquire Arch Coal’s Appalachia-based Subsidiary for $8.3 Million

July 31, 2017

Arch Coal Inc. is selling an Appalachia-based subsidiary to Revelation Energy LLC for $8.3 million. The sale of the Lone Mountain Processing Co. includes the Lone Mountain mining complex in Virginia and Kentucky and two other idled properties in Central

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Peabody Files for New Federal Lease to Expand Foidel Creek Mine, Colorado

July 31, 2017

Peabody Energy is hoping to increase its federal coal lease by the equivalent of a square mile at its Twentymile Coal LLC Foidel Creek Mine in Routt County, one of the state’s most productive coal mines. The Bureau of Land

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Fatality at Asarco’s Mission Mine Complex, Arizona

July 31, 2017

An employee at Asarco LLC’s Mission Mine Complex near Sahuarita was killed in a vehicle collision Thursday evening, the company and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said. The sheriff’s office identified the victim as 41-year-old Gabriel Benitez, who was found

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