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Hecla Mining and Union Reach Agreement at Lucky Friday Mine, Idaho

January 9, 2020

Members of the union representing more than 160 workers at the Lucky Friday mine have voted in favor of a settlement agreement with Hecla Mining Co. that will end a 2 1/2-year strike at the North Idaho operation. “By a

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Coal, Oil, and Gas Industries to Closely Follow W. Va. Legislative Session

January 9, 2020

Representatives of the state’s most economically important industries will be closely following the work of the upcoming session of the West Virginia Legislature. Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, and Charlie Burd, executive director of the West

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Dore Copper Options Its High-Grade Joe Mann Gold Mine, Quebec

January 9, 2020

Doré Copper Mining has entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100 percent interest in the Joe Mann gold mine located in Québec. The mine is located approximately 50 km from the corporation’s Copper Rand mill, where mineralized material

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Canada Cobalt Works Discovers High-Grade Gold at Castle Mine in Canada

January 9, 2020

Canada Cobalt Works has announced the discovery of high-grade gold at its Castle mine in Ontario, Canada. According to the company, the unexpected finding was made following initial assay results from multi-directional and very short underground drill holes on the

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Coal-Fired Power Falls Record 18% to Lowest Level Since 1975

January 9, 2020

Coal-fired power generation fell by 18 percent in 2019, hitting its lowest level since 1975, according to preliminary estimates released by Rhodium Group analysts Tuesday. That decline helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions traced to the power sector by almost 10

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Rio Grande Resource to Close Its Mount Taylor Uranium Mine, New Mexico

January 9, 2020

A Texas-based company won’t resume operations at an inactive uranium mine and instead plans to begin an estimated 16 months of closure activity to reclaim the site in western New Mexico, officials said. State officials on Friday confirmed Hobson, Texas-based

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Ioneer Agrees to Moratorium at Planned Lithium Mine in Exchange for Lawsuit Dismissal

January 9, 2020

An Australian mining company has agreed to a moratorium on new activities at a planned lithium mine in Nevada in exchange for conservationists dropping a lawsuit to protect a rare desert wildflower they say doesn’t exist anywhere else in the

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American Resources Set to Capitalize from Metallurgical Carbon Demand

January 8, 2020

American Resources Corporation provided a strategic update that reiterated the company’s environmental focus to continuously evaluate its mining permits and identify those properties that are at or below their proprietary (economic and environmental) margin and slate them as candidates for

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Corps Delays Final Impact Statement for Pebble Mine to June 2020, Alaska

January 8, 2020

The Army Corps of Engineers recently said it would extend the deadline for its final Environmental Impact Statement for the Pebble Mine project a further three months. The EIS was set to come out in early 2020, but the Corps

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Battelle To Develop Coal-to-Foam Program

January 8, 2020

Battelle won a recent United States Department of Energy (DOE) award that has an interesting twist for coal. The DOE announced that Battelle was among its recipients in funding for cost-shared research and development projects. The project is to be

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