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Montana Receives $4.6 Million Grant to Retrain Coal Miners
August 3, 2017
The U.S. government awarded $4.6 million in aid on Tuesday to retrain hundreds of Montana coal workers, many of whom will soon be out of jobs because of a partial closure of the coal-fired Colstrip power plant. The money was
Pennsylvania-based Xcoal Secures $22.6 Million Ukraine Coal Export Deal
August 3, 2017
The agreement inked earlier this month by USA firm Xcoal Energy & Resources and Ukraine’s state-owned energy firm Centrenergo will see some 700,000 tonnes of coal delivered by the end of the year. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s pro-Western authorities are anxious to
Bagdad Hillside Indicted for Discharging Contaminated Water Into Arizona Creek
August 3, 2017
Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a State Grand Jury indicted Bagdad Hillside, LLC, for allegedly discharging arsenic-contaminated water into a recreational creek in Northern Arizona. Bagdad Hillside is facing three felony counts of Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Violations. In 2013,
EPA Chief Pruitt and Colorado’s Top Officials to Tour Gold King Mine for Spill’s Anniversary
August 3, 2017
Environmental Protection Agency Chief Scott Pruitt is slated to tour the Gold King Mine on Friday along with Colorado’s top politicians — including U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet and Gov. John Hickenlooper — though it’s unclear what the
Wyoming’s Environmental Review Panel Sends Ramaco’s Brook Mine Permit Application Back for More Work
August 3, 2017
Wyoming is among the coal-friendliest states, but ongoing worries about how the state’s first major new coal mine in decades could affect the environment and people living nearby dealt a serious setback to the project Tuesday. A state environmental review
Virginia DMME Team Equipped with New Technology to Reduce Response Time for Mine Rescue
August 3, 2017
Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy’s (DMME) mine rescue team is now equipped with state of the art communication and mobile equipment. The new equipment will reduce response time and be available to any mine rescue team that responds
American Magnesium Submits Revised Plan of Operations and Updated Permit Application, New Mexico
August 3, 2017
Hopes for a dolomite mining project and magnesium production facility in Luna County appear to have been refreshed with a revised Plan of Operations and updated permit application by the American Magnesium company. Three months after the New Mexico Mining
Union and Feds at Odds on Countering Surge in Coal Mine Deaths
August 3, 2017
Deaths in U.S. coal mines this year have surged ahead of last year’s, and federal safety officials say workers who are new to a mine have been especially vulnerable to fatal accidents. But the nation’s coal miner’s union says the
NMA Exposes Deep Flaws in EPA’s 2017 Financial Assurance Rule
August 2, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to impose new financial responsibility requirements on the hardrock mining and mineral processing industry is wholly without merit, claimed the National Mining Association (NMA) in voluminous comments filed with the agency. U.S. mineral and
Cruz Cobalt Receives Drill Permit for Bucke Cobalt Prospect, Ontario
August 2, 2017
The drill permit for Cruz Cobalt’s 1480-acre Bucke Cobalt Prospect in the vicinity of the town of Cobalt, Ontario has been approved by the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. “We are delighted to have received the drill permit approval
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