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DOE: High Concentrations of Rare Earth Elements Found in American Coal Basins
December 1, 2017
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has found high rare earth element (REE) concentrations in coal samples taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region. These
New Jersey Mining Commences Underground Operations at Golden Chest Mine, Idaho
December 1, 2017
New Jersey Mining Company (NJMC) has commenced underground operations at its 100-percent owned Golden Chest Mine near Murray, Idaho. NJMC is now operating from two locations at the Golden Chest Project - the open pit mine that it has developed
Excelsior Mining’s Gunnison Copper Project Receives Draft Federal EPA Permit, Arizona
December 1, 2017
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has issued a draft operating permit, the underground injection control (UIC) permit, for Excelsior Mining’s Gunnison Copper Project, located in Cochise County, southeastern Arizona. The draft UIC permit will remain open for public comment
Trevali Completes PEA for Halfmile-Stratmat Zinc-Lead-Silver Deposits in New Brunswick, Canada
December 1, 2017
Trevali Mining Corporation has completed the jointly prepared preliminary economic assessment (PEA) led by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. for its wholly-owned Halfmile and Stratmat massive sulphide zinc-lead-silver deposits in the Bathurst Mining Camp of New Brunswick, Canada. “This PEA study
Fatality at Blackhawk Mining’s Coal Mine in Boone County, W. Va.
November 30, 2017
A Boone County miner was killed on Tuesday at a local inactive mine site, state officials have confirmed. Zachary Grant Harris, 28, of Foster Road, died at property owned by Blackhawk Mining. The property is the former site of the
Corsa Coal Subsidiary Files for Another Coal Mine Permit in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
November 30, 2017
Six months after the opening of the Acosta Deep Mine in Somerset County, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is accepting public comments on another proposed coal mine nearby. The DEP has scheduled an informal public meeting for 1-3 p.m.
Nolan Bill Gets Passed Giving PolyMet Green Light to Advance Its Copper-Nickel Mine, Minnesota
November 30, 2017
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that orders the U.S. Forest Service to move forward with a land exchange giving PolyMet Mining access to the site where it hopes to build Minnesota’s first-ever copper-nickel mine. The bill
Forest Service to Hold Public Meetings for American CuMo Mining’s Molybdenum Mine, Idaho
November 30, 2017
The U.S. Forest Service is holding public meetings on a proposed open-pit molybdenum mine a Canadian company wants to build in the Boise National Forest in central Idaho. The agency on Tuesday announced meetings on Dec. 5 in Boise, Dec.
House to Vote Today on Minnesota Mining Ban Bill After Being Delayed
November 30, 2017
The U.S. House on Wednesday debated legislation that would reopen areas near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota to copper-nickel exploration and potential mining, but stopped short of taking any vote. House members hotly debated the bill
Ex-Coal CEO Don Blankenship Considers Run for West Virginia Senate
November 30, 2017
Don Blankenship, a former coal executive who served a year in prison for conspiring to violate mine-safety laws before a 2010 mine disaster, is running for Senate in West Virginia, a GOP official said, adding another candidate to the field
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