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NOVAGOLD Advances Toward Final Environmental Impact Statement for Donlin Gold Mine, Alaska
January 31, 2017
NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. has released its year-end 2016 financial results and provided updates for its flagship 50 percent-owned Donlin Gold project in Alaska and its 50 percent-owned Galore Creek copper-gold-silver project in British Columbia. NOVAGOLD’s President Gregory Lang released the
Training Solution from Immersive Technologies Accelerating Operational Readiness at Canada Fluorspar
January 31, 2017
Immersive Technologies has mobilized a managed training solution which includes advanced equipment simulators and embedded staff at Canada Fluorspar. Immersive Technologies’ embedded training staff have already aided the recruitment and assessment of equipment operators and will soon shift focus to
Fatality at Gold Resource’s Arista Mine in Oaxaca, Mexico
January 31, 2017
Gold Resource Corporation has reported that an employee was fatally injured at its Arista Mine in Oaxaca, Mexico on January 29, 2017. The accident involved the operation of heavy equipment inside the mine. The company has voluntarily suspended mining and
Fatality at R&C Coal’s No. 2 Mine, Kentucky
January 30, 2017
Kentucky saw its first coal-mine fatality Thursday when a miner was killed in an accident in Pike County. Ray Hatfield Jr., 43, of Hi Hat in Floyd County, was a conveyor belt attendant with 23 years’ experience, according to a
Paramount Gold Nevada Receives Approval for Deep Monitoring Wells at Grassy Mountain Project, Oregon
January 30, 2017
Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. has received approval from the Technical Review Team (TRT) of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries for installation of deep monitoring wells at its 100 percent-owned Grassy Mountain Gold Project. Drilling will begin shortly.
NRG Energy and JX Nippon Commissions $1 Billion Petra Nova Clean Coal Plant, Texas
January 30, 2017
U.S. power generator NRG Energy Inc. and Japanese energy producer JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. have finished the world’s largest system to capture carbon dioxide produced from burning coal at a power plant. The $1 billion Petra Nova
U.S. Rep. Jenkins Introduces Measure to Expand Retraining Opportunities for Dislocated Miners
January 27, 2017
U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., has introduced a bipartisan measure that seeks to expand retraining opportunities for dislocated miners. Jenkins announced Wednesday the Assisting America’s Dislocated Miners Act, or H.R. 663. The federal measure would establish a Dislocated Miners Assistance
State Sen. Dansel Named Special Assistant to Secretary of Agriculture, to Focus on Mining
January 27, 2017
State Sen. Brian Dansel, R-Republic, is moving from rural Washington to take a Trump administration post in Washington, D.C., as special assistant to the incoming Secretary of Agriculture. Dansel is pledging to work to cut more timber in national forests,
CDC Cancels Major Climate Change Conference
January 27, 2017
A major climate change summit was planned for February by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until Donald Trump was elected president. According to Energy & Environment News, the CDC “quietly and abruptly” canceled the summit after the November
North Dakota Coal Production Reaches 27.7 Million Tons in 2016
January 27, 2017
The Lignite Energy Council released information Tuesday concerning the future of coal production under the Trump administration. Last year, North Dakota mines produced well over 27.5 million tons of lignite coal. The council says those numbers were down slightly from
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