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Scottish Carbon Capture Company Sets Up Roots in Wyoming Coal Country
September 17, 2018
On a recent summer afternoon, Zoe Jane Morrison, a social scientist from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, was driving around Gillette looking for office supplies. She’s part of a team of researchers utilizing the carbon dioxide from the flue
Pelosi Renews Obama’s War on Coal, Backs Group Looking to Shut Down Coal Plants
September 17, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is renewing President Barack Obama’s so-called “war on coal” by backing a radical initiative to shut down more than a third of U.S. coal plants by 2020 — a line of attack that spectacularly
Mummified Ice Age Wolf Pup and Caribou Calf Found at Yukon Mine Sites, Canada
September 17, 2018
‘They’re world-class, and we’re definitely really excited about them,’ paleontologist says. Rare, mummified remains of two ice age animals — a caribou calf and a wolf pup — have been dug up from the permafrost by gold miners near Dawson
Matrix IntelliZone Proximity Detection Receives Australian IECEx Approval
September 14, 2018
Matrix Design Group’s IntelliZone proximity detection system has received IECEx approval in Australia from the Department of Industry’s Mine Safety Technology Centre in Thornton, NSW, Australia. Originally introduced to the American market in 2009, IntelliZone is the leading proximity detection
Fatality at Rosebud Mining’s Kocjancic Coal Mine, Pennsylvania
September 13, 2018
A coal miner died Tuesday afternoon in an accident a Rosebud Mining facility in Jefferson County. The Jefferson County Coroner said the 27-year-old man, whose name has not yet been released, was pronounced dead outside the Kocjancic Mine in Snyder
East Coast Coal Terminals Prepare for Hurricane Florence
September 13, 2018
With Hurricane Florence’s landfall expected to take place in the Carolinas later this week, coal traders began planning for potential impact on global markets, sources said Wednesday. Impact could range from small with about a week expected for the port
New Study Shows Coal Can Have Purpose in New Fuel Future
September 13, 2018
As coal production has waned in the past decade, thanks in part to the rise of natural gas as an energy source, at least one industry expert is looking at some alternative uses for the fossil fuel. Eric Eddings, associate
Analysts Expect U.S. Coal Exports to Continue Surging in 2018
September 13, 2018
U.S. coal exports are expected to surge 10 percent in the next year, according to new forecasts by the Energy Department’s statistics arm. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that while coal production will fall one percent in 2018,
Yakama Nation Sues Granite Northwest Over Mine Expansion, Washington
September 13, 2018
Fearing that a tribal burial and cultural site will be desecrated by a proposed mining expansion on Yakima Ridge, the Yakama Nation is seeking a court order halting the project until a thorough cultural assessment is completed. Granite Northwest seeks
Groups Seek Notice for Mining Activity on Former Monument Boundaries, Utah
September 13, 2018
Fearing mining activity looms inside the former boundaries of two Utah monuments, environmental groups and Native American tribes want a federal judge to require advance public notice before any ground-disturbing activity occurs. A federal judge agreed to hold a hearing
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