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NAM:  Without Doubt, Supreme Court’s Stay on Clean Power Plan Is a Win for Manufacturers

February 11, 2016

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) President and CEO Jay Timmons issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court granted an industry motion to stay the Clean Power Plan while the courts determine its legality: “Manufacturers’ leadership in the courts

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Supreme Court Puts Obama’s Power Plant Regulations on Hold

February 10, 2016

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday abruptly halted President Obama’s controversial new power plant regulations, dealing a blow to the administration’s sweeping plan to address global warming. In a 5-4 decision, the court halted enforcement of the plan until after

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Refueling Activities, and Maintenance Underway at Southern’s Nuclear Plant Hatch Unit 1, Georgia

February 10, 2016

On February 8, 2016, operators at Southern Company’s Edwin I. Hatch Electric Generating Plant safely took Unit 1 offline for a planned refueling and maintenance outage. The last refueling outage for Unit 1 was completed in spring 2014. Each unit

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Gerald Metals and Shanghai Pengxin Mining Enter JV Agreement to Supply, Market Copper and Cobalt

February 10, 2016

Gerald Metals SA, a member of Gerald Group, and Shanghai Pengxin Investment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Pengxin International Mining Co., Ltd., entered into a joint venture agreement in Shanghai on January 28, 2016, to work jointly in procuring, producing,

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Feds Seeking Settlement in Coal Mining Lawsuits

February 10, 2016

Federal officials disclosed Thursday that they want to enter settlement talks with an environmental group that sued the government over the potential climate change impacts from burning coal mined in Western states. Government attorneys have asked judges overseeing the cases

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Alliance Resource Partners Lays Off 200 Coal Miners at Its Hamilton County Mine, Illinois

February 10, 2016

About 200 employees at Hamilton County Coal LLC have received layoff notices. The announcement of the layoffs was made Feb. 6, and are described as temporary. The mine, previously owned by White Oak, is now owned by Alliance Partners LP.

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Kootenay Silver to Acquire Northair Silver

February 9, 2016

Kootenay Silver Inc. will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Northair Silver Corp. Upon completion of the transaction, Northair will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kootenay, and former shareholders of Northair will hold approximately 40 percent

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Tahoe Resources to Acquire Lake Shore Gold for C$945 Million

February 9, 2016

Tahoe Resources Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement whereby Tahoe will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Lake Shore Gold for C$945 million. Upon completion of the transaction, existing Tahoe and Lake Shore Gold shareholders will

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Canada-based Northern Graphite Advances Purification Technology

February 9, 2016

Northern Graphite Corporation has had a major international engineering company complete a fatal flaw analysis and scoping study with respect to the company’s proprietary purification process. It was concluded that Northern’s process does not present any major technical challenges, can

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Cliffs Natural Resources to Settle Pending Class Action Lawsuit in Ohio

February 9, 2016

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has reached agreements in principle to settle both the putative federal securities class action pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the combined shareholder derivative actions pending in the

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