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Barrick’s Golden Sunlight Underground Mine Set to Be Operational by Next Year, Montana

November 2, 2017

Dan Banghart, general manager of Golden Sunlight Mine, not only wore a light pink dress shirt last Thursday, his entire office was decorated in the color typically regarded as feminine. It was for a good cause. The mine’s Canadian-based owner,

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Wisconsin Lawmakers Approve Lifting 20-year Mining Ban

November 2, 2017

A legislative committee has signed off on a Republican bill that would end Wisconsin’s nearly 20-year ban on gold, silver and nickel mining. Wisconsin lawmakers passed a bill in 1998 that requires sulfide mining applicants to prove a similar mine

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Montana Judge Gives Reprieve to Signal Peak’s Bull Mountain Mine Averting Layoffs

November 2, 2017

A large Montana coal mine averted dozens of layoffs on Tuesday after a judge allowed work to proceed on an expansion, even as the government reconsiders the mine’s contribution to climate change. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy

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Utah’s Three Largest Coal Mines Sold to Group Led by Murray Energy

November 2, 2017

The largest coal company in Utah, which employs about 840 people at three central Utah mines, has been sold for an undisclosed price to a consortium led by Murray Energy Corp. The Sufco, Skyline, and Dugout Canyon mines will become

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Two Fatalities at SSR-Mining’s Marigold Mine, Nevada

November 2, 2017

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and Mine Safety and Health Administration are investigating a mining accident between a haul truck and a light vehicle that killed two people at the Marigold Mine Tuesday afternoon. The Associated Press reports that the

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NMA: Withdrawal of Mining Ban in Western States Proves Unreasonable Overreach in Prior Policy

November 1, 2017

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Interior announcement that it will not proceed with a proposed mining ban covering 10 million acres in Western states: “Today’s

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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Don Blankenship’s Appeal

November 1, 2017

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship’s appeal of his criminal mine safety conviction. Justices turned down Blankenship’s petition, including it on a weekly order list of more than 200 cases in which a

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POWER Magazine Releases Winners of Top Plants in Coal-fired Generation Category

November 1, 2017

POWER magazine has released the results of the winners of its 2017 Top Plants in the coal-fired generation category. Edgewater Generating Station, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Working on a small patch of land bordered on one side by Lake Michigan and on

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Arch Coal: Supplying Coal for Steel Infrastructure

November 1, 2017

The Trump administration this summer announced a $1 trillion plan to fix the nation’s infrastructure. There’s no doubt that a robust plan to rebuild America’s declining infrastructure should be a priority. Thankfully America enjoys a particularly rich endowment of raw

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Grande Portage Resources Unearths More Gold Near Its Herbert Gold Project, Alaska

October 31, 2017

If it’s not yet gold fever, the mercury is definitely rising at a mining prospect near Herbert Glacier. During exploratory drilling this summer, Canadian company Grande Portage Resources Ltd. unearthed evidence of more gold in the area. The results will

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