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Arch Coal Expects Hard Coking Coal Demand to Increase Amid Higher Steel Output
March 15, 2018
Platts reported that US miner Arch Coal expects additional domestic coking coal demand of 2 million to 3 million st as a result of Section 232 import tariffs on steel spurring higher steel output. Seaport Global analysts led by Mark
Colorado Springs Man Indicted in Securities Fraud in Cripple Creek Mine Deal
March 15, 2018
The owner of a Cripple Creek mine has been indicted on five counts of securities fraud by the Colorado Statewide Grand Jury, accused of soliciting $6 million from at least 55 Front Range investors for three companies he owns. Shannon
EPA Cut $1 Billion Worth of Regulations in Pruitt’s First Year
March 15, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repealed up to $1 billion in regulatory costs, according to an agency report. The agency claims EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt accomplished the feat his first year in office. The report also highlights funding handed
EPA Issues Guidance for Obtaining Air Quality Permits for Power Plants and Refineries
March 15, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a guidance to clear up uncertainties in obtaining air quality permits required to build or modify facilities, like power plants and refineries. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said the new guidance, or New Source Review (NSR),
EPA Reconsiders Rules on Coal Ash that Could Save $100 Million in Compliance Costs
March 15, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed transferring some responsibility in regulating coal ash disposal from the federal government to the states Thursday. The proposal could save the coal-fired power plants and utilities between $31 million and $100 million in compliance
Winter Challenges Massachusetts’ Anti-Fossil-Fuel Policies Leading to Importing Gas and Coal
March 15, 2018
Massachusetts’ anti-fossil-fuel policies are the primary reason why the state has relied on natural gas imports from a Russian oil company the Department of State sanctioned during the Obama-era. Officials in Massachusetts and neighboring New Hampshire blocked financing in 2016
DOE Launches $7M Funding Opportunity for Transformational Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture Technology
March 14, 2018
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has launched up to $7 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001830, Transformational Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture Technologies. Projects selected
Teck Restarts Coal Dryer at Its Elkview Operations, B.C.
March 13, 2018
Teck Resources Limited confirmed that restart of the coal dryer at its Elkview Operations and provided updated guidance for estimated steelmaking coal sales volumes for the first quarter of 2018. The coal dryer at Elkview Operations has been recommissioned following
Wolfden Resources Tests for Mining Potential in Maine
March 13, 2018
A Canadian company could develop Maine’s first large-scale mining operation in decades if a $1 million exploration project finds high-grade metal deposits. Wolfden Resources Corp. is currently testing core samples from a deposit under Pickett Mountain in Penobscot County. The
EPA’s Decision to Not Implement Financial Assistance Rule Relieved Duplicate Bond Requirements
March 13, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency rolled back 22 regulations last year that saved $1 billion, including one that will benefit hard-rock mining companies that operate in states like Nevada, Administrator Scott Pruitt said Monday. While Pruitt touted a reversal of many
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