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Luminant Mining to Lay Off 160 Workers, Shutter Martin Lake Mining Operation, Texas
November 11, 2021
Luminant Mining will lay off 160 workers the day after Christmas from its Liberty Mine and Martin Lake Mining Complex in Tatum, according to a Texas Workforce Commission notice issued Wednesday. Dallas-based Luminant will cease operations at the lignite mine
Tribes, Groups Sue to Force Montana to Enforce Mining Law
November 11, 2021
Montana tribes and conservation groups sued state environmental regulators Wednesday after Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration dropped a legal claim against a mining executive over decades of pollution from several mines. The lawsuit was filed in state district court in Lewis
Minnesota Accepting Public Comments on Adequacy of Mining Rules
November 10, 2021
Minnesota regulators began accepting public comments Tuesday on whether the state’s regulation of nonferrous mining would provide sufficient protection against environmental damage to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The comment period runs through Dec. 8. The Department of Natural
Kentucky Coal Association Names Tucker Davis as New President
November 10, 2021
After an extensive search, the Kentucky Coal Association has named Tucker Davis as its incoming president. Davis, a former Trump Administration official at the U.S. Department of the Interior, is a native of the Appalachian coalfields and brings over a
Newmont and Caterpillar Enter Revolutionary Strategic Alliance to Achieve Zero Emissions Mining
November 10, 2021
Newmont Corporation has entered a strategic alliance with Caterpillar to deliver a fully connected, automated, zero carbon emitting, end-to-end mining system. Together, they will collaborate to create a safer, more productive mine, and substantially support Newmont in reaching their 2030
Coal Plant Workers at Laramie River Station Hold Second Protest Opposing Federal Vaccine Mandate
November 10, 2021
Dozens of energy workers staged a demonstration against the federal vaccine mandate outside a second Wyoming coal plant on Friday. The roughly 275 employees at Laramie River Station, a Wheatland coal-fired power plant operated by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, aren’t
December 11: Historic Town of Bramwell to Hold Tours of Coalfield Millionaire Homes, W.Va.
November 10, 2021
Annual tours of historic Town of Bramwell homes constructed by coalfield millionaires is resuming in mid-December after a two-year absence due to COVID, the Bramwell Theatre Corporation announced this week. The Holiday tour of Historic Homes will take place Saturday,
First Cobalt to Establish Battery Materials Park, to Change Name to Electra Battery Materials Corp.
November 9, 2021
First Cobalt Corp. said it is expanding its strategic plan to provide battery grade nickel and cobalt, recycled battery materials, and precursor material to the North American supply chain. The new business model would result in the creation of the
Premier Doug Ford’s Hopes for Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Industry Hinge on Mining Its Ring of Fire
November 9, 2021
Premier Doug Ford’s government is touting Ontario as a future electric vehicle manufacturing hub, and linking that to a fresh push for a huge mining development in the northern part of the province. Ford’s Progressive Conservatives want to lure the
Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry Claims Biden’s Policies Could Lead to ‘Disaster’
November 9, 2021
Donald Trump’s former energy secretary on Sunday attacked the Biden administration’s energy policies, linking them to inflation and claiming that restrictions on the U.S. oil industry and rising costs at home could lead to “disaster.” Energy prices have leaped globally
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