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Alexco Resource Moves Forward to Production at Keno Hill Mine, Canada
July 21, 2020
Alexco Resource has received a draft amended and renewed water use license (WUL) for the Keno Hill Silver District from the Yukon Water Board. With the draft terms and conditions of the water license now issued and established, the company
Draft EIS on Midas Gold’s Stibnite Gold Project Set for Release, Idaho
July 21, 2020
Midas Gold Corp. said that the United States Forest Service (USFS) and other regulators working on the review of the Stibnite Gold Project under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) expects to release the draft environmental impact statement for public
DOE Invests $118 Million in Coal FIRST Initiative
July 20, 2020
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $118 million in federal funding to support the Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small, Transformative) Initiative. Under this cost shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding a total of $37 million
MSHA Launches Grant Applications for Brookwood-Sago Grant Program
July 20, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of up to $400,000 in grant funding through its Brookwood-Sago grant program to support education and training to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in, and around, the nation’s mines.
Xcel Energy Approved to Run Two Coal Units on Seasonal Basis
July 20, 2020
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved Xcel Energy’s request to offer two of its coal units into the Midcontinent Independent System Operator market on a seasonal basis. That means the company can idle the two units for six months of
DOE Panel Rolls Out Clean Coal Game Plan
July 20, 2020
The National Coal Council, a Department of Energy advisory panel, today made the case for policies to extend the life of the fading coal power sector.NCC is made up of leaders in coal power generation, mining and academia. Former Energy
Federal Agency Accuses Nevada’s Largest Mining Company of Unlawful Conduct to Block Union
July 20, 2020
Nevada Gold Mines, the state’s largest mining company, engaged in “unlawful conduct” in not recognizing a union, the National Labor Relations Board is alleging in court documents. Those actions, the board said, have “left many employees feeling terrified and betrayed.”
U.S. Groups Join in Call for Federal Analysis on Upstream Canadian Mine
July 20, 2020
A coalition of conservation groups is mounting pressure on Canadian environmental authorities to conduct a federal review of a proposed mine expansion upstream of Montana’s Kootenai River system, where the inrush of contaminants from existing mines in the Canadian headwaters
Bill Would Halt Federal Review of Mine Plans in Rainy River Watershed, Superior National Forest
July 20, 2020
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-St. Paul, who chairs the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies subcommittee, announced last week that language in the almost $37 billion bill would prohibit federal agencies from reviewing mine plans within the Rainy River Watershed and
After Decades, a Decision Nears on Pebble Mine in Alaska
July 17, 2020
The proposed Pebble mine near Bristol Bay is nearing a landmark decision that could set the stage for the project’s approval, decades after developers first started considering the project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said a final environmental impact
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