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PolyMet Submits Financial Assurance in Updated NorthMet Project Permit Application, Minnesota

December 15, 2017

PolyMet Mining Corp., has submitted to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources an updated permit to mine application for its NorthMet Project that incorporates the state’s requirements for bankruptcy-proof financial assurance. “With this financial assurance estimate, we believe PolyMet has

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Dynegy Acquires AES’s Interests in Zimmer and Miami Fort Coal-fired Plants, Ohio

December 15, 2017

Dynegy Inc. has closed on the $50 million purchase of a 28.1 percent ownership interest in the Zimmer Power Station and a 36 percent ownership interest in the Miami Fort Power Station from DPL Inc., a subsidiary of the AES

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Alamos Gold Completes Feasibility Study for Lynn Lake Gold Project in Manitoba, Canada

December 15, 2017

Alamos Gold Inc. released results from the positive feasibility study conducted on its Lynn Lake Gold Project, located in Manitoba, Canada. All amounts are in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated. “We acquired the Lynn Lake project in 2016 for

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Nemaska Lithium Receives Mining Lease for Whabouchi Lithium Mine, Sells Sirmac Property, Canada

December 15, 2017

Nemaska Lithium Inc. has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its 100 percent interest in the Sirmac Lithium Property to Abe Resources, a mineral resource company specializing in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. The Sirmac

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Ex-coal Mining CEO and GOP Candidate Blankenship Says Official Papers Reveal Cover-up for UBB

December 14, 2017

Don Blankenship, the convicted executive in one of the country’s deadliest mining explosions, is running for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia, and his first television ad aims to clear his name. “Obama’s deadliest cover-up has been uncovered by MSHA’s

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PolyMet Offers $544 Million Financial Assurances for Mine Costs Cleanup, Minnesota

December 14, 2017

PolyMet Mining Corp. is offering the state a $544 million package of financial assurances to serve as an insurance policy to protect taxpayers from potentially having to cover the costs of closing and cleaning up a controversial copper-nickel mine it

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Appeals Court Clears the Way for Energy Fuels’ Canyon Uranium Mine, Arizona

December 14, 2017

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower-court ruling clearing the way for a Colorado company to open a uranium mine near the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona. Lakewood-based Energy Fuels Inc. wants to open the Canyon Mine several miles

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Court Upholds Uranium Mining Ban Around Grand Canyon

December 14, 2017

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a 20-year ban on uranium mining around Grand Canyon National Park but ruled in a separate case that a uranium company could open a mine nearby. The two

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Canada to Create Office to Oversee Canadian Mining, Oil and Gas Companies’ Activities Abroad

December 14, 2017

Ottawa plans early next year to create an independent office to oversee Canadian mining, oil and gas companies’ activities abroad, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, a move that environmental and human rights groups have long demanded. The office would

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EPA Targets Superfund for Anaconda Mine Site as Needing Immediate Attention, Nevada

December 14, 2017

The Environmental Protection Agency added the Anaconda Mine to a list of Superfund sites that require immediate action on Friday. The Anaconda Mine site has groundwater contamination, waste rock areas, and contaminated process areas. “Getting toxic land sites cleaned up

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