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U.S. Department of Labor to Seek Data on Protecting Miners From Exposure to Quartz

September 3, 2019

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that it will publish a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register seeking data on economically and technologically feasible methods to protect miners’ health from exposure

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Cypress Development Achieves Processing Milestone at Clayton Valley Lithium Project, Nevada

August 30, 2019

Cypress Development Corp. has successfully completed slurry rheology and filtration studies integral to the prefeasibility study (PFS) of the company’s Clayton Valley Lithium Project. The results come after months of testing by laboratories and detailed review with consultants and equipment

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Sasol Reaches Beneficial Operation at Lake Charles Ethane Cracker Facility, Louisiana

August 30, 2019

Sasol said its world-scale U.S. Ethane Cracker reached beneficial operation on August 27, 2019. Sasol’s new Cracker, the heart of its Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP), is the third and most significant of the seven LCCP facilities to come online

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BLM Approves Crystal Peak Minerals’ Sevier Playa Potash Mine, Utah

August 29, 2019

Facing heightened pressure from the Trump administration to bolster critical mineral mining operations on American soil, the U.S. government has approved a mining project at the end point of a river in central Utah to extract a mineral commonly used

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Montana Environmental Officials Approves Expansion of Navajo Nation’s Spring Creek Coal Mine

August 29, 2019

Montana environmental officials on Tuesday proposed approval of a major expansion of the state’s largest coal mine after it was recently sold through a bankruptcy auction to a company controlled by the Navajo Nation. The 72-million-ton (65-million-metric-ton) expansion of the

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Court Blocks Sale of Blackjewel’s Wyoming Coal Mines

August 29, 2019

Bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel called the sale of its two idling Wyoming coal mines “dead,” according to a statement made by a key creditor in court documents Tuesday. The announcement casts another layer of doubt over the chance Campbell County’s

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U.S. Seeks Partnership with Australia to Break China’s Hold on Rare Earth Mining

August 29, 2019

The Pentagon is hoping to team up with Australia to construct a rare earths processing facility that would permanently break China’s hold on an industry crucial to high-tech manufacturing and weapons development, Voice of America News (VOA) reported on Monday.

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Regulators Hold Hearing on Powertech’s Proposed Uranium Mine, South Dakota

August 29, 2019

A three-day hearing before federal regulators that began Wednesday aims to resolve a long-running dispute over the potential impact of a proposed uranium mine in South Dakota on sites of Native American cultural, historical and religious significance. Powertech, a subsidiary

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Colorado’s Inactive Mine Reclamation Program Honored by OSMRE

August 29, 2019

A state agency has been honored by a federal one for its success reducing the threat from an underground coal mine fire outside Craig in Moffat County. The award being given to the Inactive Mine Reclamation Program by the federal

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Former Blackjewel Coal Miners to Lose Health Insurance

August 29, 2019

Hundreds of locked out Blackjewel LLC Wyoming coal miners are wondering when or if they’ll be called back to work at the Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines in Campbell County. What they may not have to wonder about after

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