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Coal Production at Cloud Peak Energy’s Wyoming Mines Drops 15 Percent

April 24, 2018

Production at Cloud Peak Energy’s Cordero Rojo mine south of Gillette fell by 41 percent for the first three months of the year compared to last year, the largest comparative drop in Powder River Basin mines as they entered 2018,

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No Injuries During Mudslide at Cadman’s High Rock Aggregate Quarry, Washington

April 24, 2018

Two miners escaped serious injury in a mudslide Monday, at Cadman’s High Rock site south of Monroe. The men were working at 2:30 p.m., in the base of the quarry in the 19600 block of Highway 203, when part of

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Crews Working to Put Out Fire Near Crandall Canyon Mine, Utah

April 24, 2018

Fire crews are working to put out a blaze southwest of Crandall Canyon Mine. Officials say the fire started about a week ago by a warming fire used by people in the area. It was not reported until 2 p.m.

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Environmental Review for Donlin Gold Mine Expected Next Week, Alaska

April 23, 2018

The Army Corps of Engineers is expecting to release its environmental review next week for the proposed Donlin Gold mine in western Alaska. The environmental impact statement for the large open-pit mine project has been in the works since late

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Ramaco Appeals to Wyoming Governor Over Permit Denial for Brook Coal Mine

April 23, 2018

A coal company that was denied a mining permit in Wyoming last year unsuccessfully sought the help of top state officials to get the permit issued. Randall Atkins, CEO of Ramaco Carbon, sent a letter to Gov. Matt Mead and

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Government Urges Supreme Court to Take Up Lawsuit to End Virginia’s Uranium Mining Ban

April 23, 2018

The federal government is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a lawsuit over Virginia’s ban on uranium mining. Attorneys for the Department of Justice and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission filed a brief with the high court earlier this

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Striking Workers Reject Iron Ore Company of Canada’s Labor Agreement

April 23, 2018

Reuters reported that workers on strike at a mine operated by Iron Ore Company of Canada rejected a new labor agreement, minor stakeholder Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp said. Some 1,300 unionized workers walked off the job at the Labrador

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Special Use Permit for Mine Tours Could Open Way for World Museum of Mining, Montana

April 23, 2018

When Butte-Silver Bow Historic Preservation Officer Mary McCormick looks at Butte’s iconic headframes, she doesn’t just see relics of Butte’s mining past. She also sees the potential for future opportunity. “My hope is people would be driving on the interstate

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Peabody’s Wild Boar Mine in Indiana Honored With National Reclamation Award

April 20, 2018

Peabody’s Wild Boar Mine was honored recently with the 2018 National Reclamation Award for reclamation work on the Barren Fork Pit. Awarded by the Interstate Mining Compact Commission in the coal category, the award recognizes the company’s “dedication to the

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CONSOL Energy Pledges Multi-year Funding for School Safety Initiative in Pa.

April 20, 2018

CONSOL Energy Inc. will be funding the salary of a new School Resource Officer at West Greene School District, located in rural Greene County, Pennsylvania, over the next three years. West Greene will use the donation to hire an officer

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