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White Stallion Energy Set to Open Captain Daviess Coal Mine, Kentucky
February 19, 2019
The annual coal meeting by the Daviess County Commissioners received an unexpected addition when White Stallion Energy announced plans to open the Captain Daviess Mine in far southeastern Daviess County. The mine is one that has been in the works
Robert Murray: Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Destroys Low-cost Energy
February 19, 2019
Murray Energy CEO Opens a New Window. Robert Murray said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Opens a New Window. will destroy America and senators Opens a New Window. who support it should know better. “It can’t work. They are attempting
JRL Coal’s General Manager John Quintrell Presents Bright Outlook for Coal in Appalachia
February 19, 2019
JRL Coal’s general manager John Quintrell was the first of an impressive list of speakers to discuss potential and promise in the mountains as part of the Harlan County Chamber of Commerce’s Spring Speaker Series. While there are issues in
Senators Manchin and Capito Push for Passing of American Miners Act of 2019
February 19, 2019
The American Miners Act of 2019 was once again up for discussion this week in the U.S. Senate. The bill, Senate Bill 27 sponsored by Senator Joe Manchin D-W.Va., would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
Virginia Spends $23 Million on Reclaiming Abandoned Mine Sites
February 19, 2019
In an effort to reclaim abandoned mine sites, the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy (DMME) has spent upwards of $23 million to improve the Hurley Community of Buchanan County. The project, beginning in 1981, has sought to rescue
New Congress Presses Interior on Cancellation of Strip-Mine Health Study
February 19, 2019
The new Democratic leadership in Congress is investigating why the Department of the Interior stopped a major study of the health impacts of mountaintop removal and other surface mines. After researchers found much higher rates of cancer, birth defects and
Trump Administration Approves Two Coal Mining Projects in Utah
February 18, 2019
The Trump administration has approved two coal mining projects in southern Utah, including one near a national park. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the mining projects in a news release Thursday declaring “the war on coal is over”
Merida Submits $215 Million Bid to Acquire Kemmerer Coal Mine, Wyoming
February 18, 2019
Merida Natural Resources, through one of its affiliates, is seeking to acquire the Kemmerer coal mine in the US state Wyoming from Westmoreland Resource Partners, an affiliate of Westmoreland Coal for $215 million. In this connection, the company’s affiliate Western
Judge Rules Westmoreland Coal Can Scrap Health Care, Union Contract to Sell Wyoming Mine
February 18, 2019
A bankruptcy judge says Westmoreland Coal Company can eliminate health care for retirees and its union contract to sell a southwestern Wyoming mine to a Virginia businessman. Friday’s ruling will likely mean retired miners who worked at the Kemmerer mine
Efforts Underway to Upgrade Remediation at Eagle Mine Site, Colorado
February 18, 2019
In a valley where developable sites are highly sought after, the prospect of several hundred acres of vacant land located adjacent to existing community resources seems like a proverbial “too good to be true” deal. In many ways, that is
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