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Sabina Gold & Silver Continues to Receive Community Support for Back River Gold Project, Canada
July 26, 2016
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. has provided an update on recent community engagement for the Back River Gold Project in Nunavut, Canada. Following the Nunavut Impact Review Board‘s (NIRB) recommendation and report to the minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Arch Coal’s Coal Creek and West Elk Mines Earn Top Safety Awards Among Mines in Eight States
July 26, 2016
Arch Coal’s’s Coal Creek mine and West Elk mine have received major multi-state safety awards from the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute (RMCMI). Coal Creek mine received the RMCMI 2015 Safety Award among small surface mines for achieving a perfect
Komatsu to Acquire Joy Global for $2.89 Billion
July 25, 2016
Komatsu Ltd. has signed a definitive agreement with Joy Global Inc., under which Komatsu America Corp. (KAC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Komatsu in the USA, will acquire 100 percent ownership of Joy Global. The acquisition is expected to close in
Montana Gold Changes Name to Peloton Minerals
July 25, 2016
Montana Gold Mining Company Inc. (MGM) changed the company name to Peloton Minerals Corporation and began trading under the new name on Monday, July 18, 2016. There is no change in the share capital structure, just the change of name
Fluor Awarded Maintenance Alliance Contract for Coal Power Plants in Georgia and Alabama
July 25, 2016
Fluor Corporation has been awarded a five-year maintenance alliance contract with a Southern Company subsidiary for its North Georgia and Alabama Coastal power generation facilities. These six fossil-fuel power stations generate approximately 10,000 megawatts across the southeast. Fluor’s scope will
MSHA’s Coal Mine Dust Rule Showing Positive Impact
July 25, 2016
A federal rule to protect the nation’s miners from exposure to dangerous levels of coal mine dust is having a significantly positive impact in Phase II, a recent sampling by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Veto of Arch Coal’s Spruce Mine Permit, W. Va.
July 22, 2016
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) followed the law in 2011 when it revoked a company’s mountaintop removal mining permit in West Virginia. It’s the second time that the District of Columbia Circuit Court
Feds Reach Settlement With Navajo Nation Over Uranium Mine Cleanup
July 22, 2016
The federal government has reached another settlement with the Navajo Nation that will clear the way for cleanup work to continue at abandoned uranium mines across the largest American Indian reservation in the U.S. The target includes 46 sites that
Abandoned Mine Reclamation in Virginia May Get Funding Boost
July 22, 2016
An amendment to provide an extra $5 million to help revitalize the economy in coal communities in Southwest Virginia has passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), who introduced the amendment, said $5 million was initially earmarked
Department of the Interior Raises Royalties on Fossil Fuels from Public Lands
July 22, 2016
With little fanfare, on June 30 the Obama administration overhauled how it calculates royalties for fossil fuel extraction on federal land closing what it referred to as a “loophole.” Current regulations allow coal and other fossil fuel companies can sell
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