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BLM Grants Royalty Deduction for Sufco Coal Mine, Utah
May 8, 2018
Utah’s largest coal mine is getting a fee discount worth up to $19 million after the Bureau of Land Management authorized a royalty reduction in recognition of unspecified difficulties the company faces in extracting certain deposits of coal. The BLM
Azarga Uranium and URZ Energy Merge, Seeks Approval to Mine Dewey-Burdock Area, South Dakota
May 8, 2018
The corporation that wants to mine for uranium in southwest South Dakota has strengthened itself with a merger agreement, according to a Monday news release. Azarga Uranium Corp., through its subsidiary, Powertech (USA) Inc., is seeking regulatory approval to mine
Big Rivers Electric’s Kentucky Coal Plant Could Be Next On Chopping Block
May 8, 2018
A power plant operator notified Kentucky regulators Tuesday that it was quitting the state’s Station Two power plant in 2019 after several unprofitable years. Big Rivers Electric Corporation is terminating its long-term operating agreement in about a year, giving regulators
United Mine Workers of America Endorses Claudia Tenney for Congress
May 8, 2018
United Mine Workers of America have unanimously endorsed U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney’s re-election campaign for Congress, Tenney’s campaign announced Monday. Tenney, R-New Hartford, was initially endorsed last month by the union’s Local 717 chapter, which represents Remington Arms employees in
Ohio EPA to Hold Information Session on Oxford Mining’s Johnson Run Mine
May 7, 2018
An information session to discuss a draft wastewater discharge permit for the proposed Johnson Run coal mine in Trimble Twp. will be held by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency this coming Monday, May 7. It will be held at Burr
Mine Jobs Returning to Coal Country, But There’s Long Road to Recovery
May 7, 2018
The federal government’s latest jobs report shows 2,500 coal mining jobs were created in the last year, which is good news for coal country, but there’s still a long road to complete recovery. The coal industry has lost 36,700 mining
Fossil Fuel Groups, Big Agriculture Team Up to Support Millennium Bulk Coal Terminal, Washington
May 7, 2018
Good news has been hard to come by as of late for Lighthouse Resources Inc., a coal company that has been trying for years to build the largest coal export terminal in the United States. In the last year, state
Don Blankenship Speaks on W. Va. Senate Run
May 7, 2018
Don Blankenship mixes no words when he says he will win the Republican nomination on May 8 to run against incumbent U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) in November. “We are double digits ahead,” he said Thursday afternoon during a stop
Legal Battle to Save Millennium Bulk Coal Terminal Heats Up, Washington
May 7, 2018
An industry trade group is joining the legal fight to approve a proposal to build the largest coal terminal in the U.S. in Washington. The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) filed an amicus brief to a U.S. district court in
Minnesota Sands Heads to Appeals Court Over Sand Mining Ban, Minnesota
May 7, 2018
Winona County, Minnesota’s only county to ban the mining of silica sand for use by the oil and gas industry in hydraulic fracturing, goes to court Monday to defend the ban. Minnesota Sands LLC, which holds extensive mineral rights in
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