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NMA Condemns Administration’s Coal Lease Policies as Damaging to Jobs, Communities and Taxpayers

January 17, 2017

The National Mining Association has condemned the Obama administration’s politically contrived coal lease policies as damaging to jobs, communities, and taxpayers. Days before leaving office, the Obama administration has once again advocated policies designed solely to destroy America’s coal industry

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Camrova Resources Release 2017 MMB Business Plan and Budget for Boleo Project, Mexico

January 17, 2017

Camrova Resources Inc. (formerly Baja Mining Corp.), has released an update on operations for 2016, the MMB business plan and budget for 2017 and an updated LOM plan for the Boleo Project containing projections through to 2031, when mining operations

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Coal Industry Protests Environmental Groups’ Permit Petition for CONSOL’s Bailey Mine in Pa.

January 13, 2017

About 200 coal industry employees and their supporters, including a number of miners from CONSOL Energy’s Bailey Mine, staged a peaceful protest Monday in front of the offices of Center for Coalfield Justice in Washington. The rally, staged by the

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Bowie Resource Partners Pulls Coal Gasification Plant Application Near Paonia, Colorada

January 13, 2017

Bowie Resource Partners has withdrawn an application with a state agency for approval to build a coal gasification plant at its Bowie #2 coal mine near Paonia. The action comes just two months after it submitted the application with the

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EIA Report: PRB Coal Production Could Reach Highs Again by 2030

January 13, 2017

Much of coal’s future, unsurprisingly, hinges on natural gas prices. Annual coal production in the Powder River Basin could return to a high of 400 million tons by 2030 if natural gas prices remain high and the Clean Power Plan

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Midwest Energy Emissions to Acquire Core Mercury Control Technology Patents

January 12, 2017

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. has exercised its option to acquire in entirety all of the patents related to mercury control from the Energy & Environmental Research Center Foundation (EERCF), located in Grand Forks, North Dakota for $2.5 million and 925,000

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U.S. Forest Service Issues Final Record of Decision Authorizing PolyMet Land Exchange, Minnesota

January 12, 2017

The U.S. Forest Service issued its final record of decision authorizing the land exchange for PolyMet’s NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals project located in the established Mesabi Iron Range mining district in northeastern Minnesota. PolyMet is receiving approximately 6,650 acres of surface

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U.S. Rep. David McKinley Praised for Agreement After Long Coal Ash Fight

January 11, 2017

After seven tries at coal ash disposal legislation, the U.S. Representative from West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District is being praised for an agreement between House and Senate Conference Committees announced earlier this month. “During nearly eight years in which President

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W. Va. Senator Manchin: Trump Will Fight for Coal Miners’ Healthcare

January 11, 2017

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Monday that he has secured a promise from President-elect Trump to help find a solution to permanently extend healthcare for tens of thousands of retired coal miners and their widows who are set to lose

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Navajo Nation Faces Possible Power Plant and Kayenta Coal Mine Closure, Arizona

January 11, 2017

The news that Navajo Generating Station may be shutting down in the next several years was a bit of a surprise, but hardly a shock to local officials whose communities are intertwined with the power plant’s operations. In just the

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