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Agnico Eagle Begins Commercial Production at Meliadine Gold Mine, Canada
June 3, 2019
Agnico Eagle Mines has started commercial production at its 100 percent owned Meliadine gold mine in Nunavut, Canada, ahead of the original schedule and under the initial capital budget of $900 million (£712.94 million). MELIADINE GOLD MINE DETAILS The Meliadine
University of Arizona Receives $1.78 Million for Mining Safety Study
June 3, 2019
Ground fall, equipment accidents and explosions, are some of the life-threatening conditions that miners encounter on the job. But they also are at risk of diseases and death from chronic exposures linked to toxic substances in their work environment. Diesel
Lynas Partners with Blue Line to Build Rare Earths Separation Facility in Hondo, Texas
June 3, 2019
The Australian mining firm Lynas says it will join with Blue Line, a US-based rare earths processor, to develop a rare earths separation facility in Hondo, Texas. The new capacity will help build a supply chain outside of China for
Energy Secretary: U.S. to Reduce Emissions by Innovations
June 3, 2019
The Trump administration is committed to making fossil fuels cleaner rather than imposing “draconian” regulations on coal and oil, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday at an energy conference in Salt Lake City. Perry previously said the administration wants
North Dakota Counts on Coal as Energy Consumption Increases
June 3, 2019
The state is said to have an 800-year supply of lignite coal beneath its prairies. The supply could last even longer if we allow ourselves to be duped into not mining that coal and putting its energy to use, heating
Promise of Retraining Appalachian Coal Miners to Write Software Code Comes Up Empty
June 3, 2019
Billyjack Buzzard was supposed to be the poster boy for the rebirth of a dying region. Unemployed in 2017, the Appalachian coal miner thought he’d found the ticket that would see him become the last of seven generations in his
Xcel Energy to End All Coal Use in the Upper Midwest
May 30, 2019
Xcel Energy released plans to retire its last two coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled. The acceleration of the coal closures is another milestone in the company’s clean energy transition that includes expanding wind and
Shell Begins Production at Appomattox Oil and Gas Field, Gulf of Mexico
May 29, 2019
The Appomattox field, which is located approximately 128km southeast of Louisiana in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, has commenced production. Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, and its partners have commenced production from the Appomattox floating production system
Electric Car Demand Spurs Plans to Revive Lithium Mine, North Carolina
May 29, 2019
Piedmont North Carolina’s gold-mining history is well known. Not so well known is that mines west of Charlotte once produced most of the world’s supply of another important element — lithium. Those mines in Gaston County shut down nearly three
Dispute Over Contura Coal’s Permit Transfer Ends in Delay, Wyoming
May 29, 2019
Contura Coal West would like to renew and transfer permits for the Belle Ayr and Eagle Butte mines over to another coal company: Blackjewel. In August 2018, Wyoming’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) deemed the permit application technically complete. Following
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