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Chile Workers at BHP’s Escondida Copper Mine Vote to Strike
August 2, 2021
Workers at the world’s biggest copper mine, in Chile, have called a strike after rejecting a compensation offer by Anglo-Australian giant BHP. The world’s top producer of the mineral, Chile makes up 28 percent of global copper output, and the
EIA: Number of Producing U.S. Coal Mines Fall in 2020 to 551 Mines
August 2, 2021
By the end of 2020, the number of producing coal mines in the United States fell to 551 mines, the lowest number since U.S. coal production peaked in 2008. In 2020, 40 coal mines were opened or reactivated, and 151
DOE Selects Industry Partners to Validate Innovative Manufacturing Technologies, Launches New RFP
August 2, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected five private-sector partners to conduct field validation of clean, efficient technologies in real-world industrial environments. These Industrial Technology Validation (ITV) projects will accelerate the adoption of cost-effective, emerging technologies that can help decarbonize
Nouveau Monde Begins Construction on Matawinie Graphite Project, Canada
July 30, 2021
A new phase started this month as Nouveau Monde Graphite launched civil construction works for its flagship Matawinie graphite mining project located in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 120 km north of Montréal, Québec. Over the past months, the company has steadily advanced detailed
BHP Makes $258 Million All-cash Offer to Acquire Canada’s Noront Resources
July 30, 2021
Australian mining firm BHP, through its subsidiary BHP Lonsdale, has made an offer to acquire Canada-based Noront Resources in an all-cash deal worth C$325 million ($258 million). Under the terms of the agreement, BHP Western Mining Resources, a BHP Lonsdale
Cleveland-Cliffs Receives Water Permit for Its Northshore Mining’s Tailings Basin Expansion, Minn.
July 30, 2021
Minnesota regulators said Northshore Mining’s planned 650-acre tailings basin expansion doesn’t require an environmental review and awarded the project a key water permit this week. In a 68-page environmental review of need determination, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on
Queensland Approves Stanmore’s New Metallurgical Coal Mine, Australia
July 30, 2021
Construction will start next month on an $82 million extension for the existing Isaac Plains metallurgical coal mine, supporting up to 550 jobs in the central Queensland coalfields. Resources Minister Scott Stewart today announced the final government approvals and go-ahead
Biennial Bluefield Coal Show Rescheduled for September 14-16, 2022
July 30, 2021
The Bluefield Coal Show, brought to you by the Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias, has a new date. The biennial event, originally scheduled for September 15-17, 2021 has been rescheduled to avoid any conflict with the revised date
Arch Resources to Open New Metallurgical Coal Mine Leer South in August, W.Va.
July 29, 2021
Arch Resources plans to open its new metallurgical coal mine near Philippi, West Virginia, before the end of August, company officials announced Tuesday. The new mine will open as international markets for met coal improves and as the commodity has
MIT Decarbonization Study Sets Off Reliability Alarm Bells
July 29, 2021
Findings in a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about decarbonization of the electric industry are raising concerns for one electric cooperative leader about the reliability of the nation’s electricity supply. “We are alarmed by a rush to
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