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Cloud Peak Gets Another Reprieve Amid Bankruptcy Concerns
May 7, 2019
Cloud Peak Energy gained another week of reprieve Tuesday, when the coal company reached an agreement with creditors to extend a grace period for their unpaid debt until May 7. In a filing Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Rio Tinto Changes to Renewable Electricity at Kennecott Copper, Shuts Coal Power Plant
May 7, 2019
Rio Tinto will reduce the annual carbon footprint associated with its Kennecott Utah Copper operation by as much as 65 percent through purchasing renewable energy certificates and permanently shutting its coal power plant. Kennecott’s electricity needs will now be paired
Wisconsin Landowners Sue Hi-Crush’s Frac Sand Mines Over Health Impacts
May 7, 2019
Forty landowners in western Wisconsin are suing two frac sand mines that they say are inundating their homes with dust, polluting their wells with sediment and driving down property values. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that four separate lawsuits have been
Idaho Champion Gold Mines Receives Drill Permit for Baner Project
May 7, 2019
Idaho Champion Gold Mines Canada, a discovery-focused gold exploration company, has a signed Decision Memorandum from the US Forest Service that approves exploratory drilling on the Sally claim block. “In receipt of the drilling permit, we will look to launch
Anglo American Becomes Founding Sponsor of World Bank’s Climate Smart Mining Fund
May 7, 2019
Anglo American has committed to the World Bank’s Climate Smart Mining initiative, by becoming a founding donor to the Climate Smart Mining Facility. It is the first-ever fund that is dedicated to making mining for metals and minerals a more
W. Va. Gov. Justice Celebrates Addition to King Coal Highway, Touts Alliance with Trump
May 7, 2019
Gov. Jim Justice was in Mercer County Wednesday for the official groundbreaking ceremony for the next phase of the King Coal Highway project in the Bluefield area. During his remarks, the governor said resumption of work on the highway, after
BGC Contracting Awarded A$24M Bulk Earthworks and Roads Contract for Fortescue’s Eliwana Mine
May 6, 2019
BGC Contracting has been awarded a A$24 million contract to deliver bulk earthworks and roads at the A$1.7 billion Fortescue Metals Group Eliwana Iron Ore Project, 90km West-Northwest of Tom Price, in the Pilbara, Western Australia. The six-month project is
Corps Extends Comment Period for Pebble Mine Draft Review, Alaska
May 6, 2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will extend from 90 to 120 days the comment period for a draft environmental review of a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. The corps had received comments
Paramount Gold Nevada Receives Conditional Use Permit for Its Grassy Mountain Gold Mine, Oregon
May 6, 2019
The decision will not be finalized until the May meeting, but the Malheur County Planning Commission has tentatively approved a conditional use permit for a gold mine at Grassy Mountain, south of Vale, near Owyhee Reservoir. According to County Planning
OSMRE Releases Record of Decision Allowing San Juan Mine Lease Extension to 2033
May 6, 2019
The San Juan Mine may stay open even if the San Juan Generating Station closes in 2022. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement — a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Interior that oversees federal coal mining
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