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Obama Administration Tries to Fix MATS Rule After Supreme Court Loss
April 22, 2016
The Obama administration moved Friday to repair the problem with a major air pollution rule that the Supreme Court said last year was illegal. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a formal notice amending the 2012 limits on mercury and
EPA ‘Ties Itself in Knots’ with Climate Rule Defense
April 22, 2016
Opponents of the Obama administration’s climate change rule for power plants say it’s trying to have it both ways in defending the regulation. In responding to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) March brief in the federal court case regarding the
U.S. Senate Approves Bill Boosting Clean Coal Research
April 22, 2016
The U.S. Senate passed national energy reform legislation this week for the first time in nearly a decade. The Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 includes amendments were offered up by Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore-Capito of West Virginia
Mines Management Set to Start Work on Montanore Silver-Gold Mine This Year, Montana
April 22, 2016
The CEO of the company developing a massive copper and silver mine near Libby says work could begin this year, but it will be another year before progress is made underground. Mines Management CEO Glenn Dobbs said the mining company
Battelle Scientists Converting Coal to Jet Fuel, Readies for Commercialization
April 21, 2016
Battelle scientists and engineers have demonstrated a process that turns coal into jet fuel. The next step is to commercialize the process. In a cost-shared program supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the
May 5: Ritchie Bros. to Hold Massive Auction for Mining Equipment in Hazard, Kentucky
April 21, 2016
Hundreds of mining equipment items from across Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia will be sold to new owners around the world at a massive mining auction in Hazard, Kentucky in early May. All items will be sold without minimum
Alpha Natural Resources Affiliate Honored for Nation’s Best Coal Mine Reclamation, Virginia
April 21, 2016
Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC, an affiliate of Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., has been recognized as the recipient of the Interstate Mining Compact Commission‘s (IMCC) 2016 National Reclamation Award. The IMCC honored Paramont’s Hawks Nest reclamation site in Buchanan County,
B.C. Awards Copper Mountain Mine Edward Prior Safety Award for Second Consecutive Year
April 21, 2016
Copper Mountain Mining Corporation has received the Edward Prior Award for mine safety for the second consecutive year. Established 50 years ago by the B.C. Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources to recognize the safety record of mines in the
USW President Calls on Congress to Take Action on Steel Crisis
April 20, 2016
Prior to a Congressional Steel Caucus hearing on the crisis facing the U.S. steel industry and its workers, United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard released the following statement along with the attached text of his testimony and a
Steel Executives Bring Trade and Jobs Message to Congress
April 20, 2016
Chief executives from five of the leading steel companies in the U.S. told members of the Congressional Steel Caucus last week that unfair foreign trade practices have caused an increase in steel imports resulting in the loss of more than
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