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Three Fatalities in Plane Crash Carrying Employees to Primero’s San Dimas Mine, Mexico
April 4, 2016
Primero Mining Corp. has confirmed that a plane crash resulting in three fatalities has occurred close to its San Dimas mine in Mexico. An aircraft carrying 10 individuals crash-landed on April 1 in the Sierra Madre mountain range approximately 15
CONSOL Energy Closes on Sale of Buchanan Mine to Coronado for $420 Million, Virginia
April 4, 2016
CONSOL Energy Inc. has closed on its previously announced agreement to sell the Buchanan Mine in southwestern Virginia and certain other metallurgical coal reserves to Coronado IV LLC for total consideration to CONSOL of $420 million in value, including $402.8
Peabody Energy Reduces 235 Positions at North Antelope Rochelle Mine, Wyoming
April 4, 2016
As a result of market conditions, Peabody Energy has made the difficult decision to reduce approximately 235 hourly and salaried employees from its North Antelope Rochelle Mine in the Powder River Basin to align the workforce with customer needs. “While
Warrior Met Coal Acquires Walter Energy’s Alabama Coal Assets
April 4, 2016
Walter Energy, Inc.has closed on the sale of substantially all of its core assets, comprising its Alabama coal assets, to Warrior Met Coal, LLC (formerly known as Coal Acquisition LLC), an entity owned by the company’s first lien creditors. On
SME Report: Mining Engineering Graduates Increases 20 Percent
April 4, 2016
According to the 2016 SME Guide to Minerals and Materials Science Schools, 427 mining engineering degrees (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.) were awarded to students graduating from U.S. mining schools in 2015, a 20 percent increase from the previous year’s number of
Prosecutors Seek Maximum Sentence in Massey Energy’s CEO Case, W. Va.
April 1, 2016
Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to give former coal boss Don Blankenship the maximum sentence and fine for his involvement in a 2010 mine disaster in West Virginia. Blankenship, the former head of Massey Energy, was convicted of conspiracy
West Virginia University Forms Multi-university Energy Research Group
April 1, 2016
West Virginia University has formed a partnership with three other research universities in Ohio and Pennsylvania to coordinate and collaborate on projects related to innovation in energy. WVU, Case Western Reserve University, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
Despite Coal Woes, Peabody Energy Official Optimistic
April 1, 2016
The coal industry is struggling, but a spokesman for St. Louis-based Peabody Energy says neither coal nor the company is going away. Heavy debt loads are weighing on companies like Peabody that made acquisitions when coal prices peaked, prompting a
North Antelope Rochelle on Edge, as Peabody Energy Informs Some Not to Report to Work, Wyoming
April 1, 2016
Some employees at Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Rochelle Mine were told Tuesday not to report to work later this week, raising the possibility of layoffs at the nation’s largest coal mine. The two-sentence letters, hand-delivered to an unknown number of
House Natural Resources Committee Files Complaints Over Obama Administrations Stream Protection Rule
April 1, 2016
Members of a House Natural Resources Committee panel on Wednesday peppered a top Obama administration official with complaints over a proposed coal mining rule. Republicans said the Office of Surface Mining has shut states out of the rule-making process for
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