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Canarc Leases Permitted La Plata Processing Plant in Zacatecas, Mexico

February 4, 2016

Canarc Resource Corp. has signed a definitive agreement with the Zacatecas state government to lease and operate the permitted 500 tonne per day La Plata ore processing plant in the city of Zacatecas, Mexico, through its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary,

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AZZ Acquires Assets of Nebraska-based Galvanizing Facility from Olson Industries

February 4, 2016

AZZ Inc. has acquired the assets of Alpha Galvanizing Inc., an Atkinson, Nebraska-based business unit of Olson Industries, Inc. Alpha Galvanizing has served steel fabrication customers that manufacture electrical utility poles, agricultural machinery, and industrial manufacturing components since 1996. The

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Westmoreland Completes Acquisition and Financing for San Juan Mine, Mexico

February 3, 2016

Westmoreland Coal Company has completed its acquisition of the San Juan Mine in Farmington, New Mexico by its subsidiary Westmoreland San Juan, LLC (WSJ) for a purchase price of approximately $127 million. Westmoreland San Juan assumed operations at the mine

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Walter Energy to Sell Remaining U.S. Assets to Seminole Coal Resources

February 3, 2016

Walter Energy, Inc. has signed an asset purchase agreement with Seminole Coal Resources, LLC, ERP Compliant Coke, LLC and ERP Environmental Fund, Inc. (Seminole) all related to ERP Compliant Fuels, LLC, an affiliate of Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund, Inc. (VCLF),

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Klondex Receives BLM Approval for Environmental Assessment at Fire Creek Gold Property, Nevada

February 3, 2016

Klondex Mines Ltd. has received a signed decision record and a finding of no significant impact for the environmental assessment (EA) completed for its Fire Creek property in Nevada. “I am grateful to the BLM and our environmental team at

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Nemaska Lithium Begins Construction on Phase 1 Lithium Hydroxide Plant, Quebec

February 3, 2016

Nemaska Lithium Inc. is set to begin construction on its Phase 1 Lithium Hydroxide Plant. The Phase 1 Plant is designed to produce 500 tonnes per year of high purity lithium hydroxide. Construction of the Phase 1 Plant will start

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Stillwater Mining Approves Four Year Contract with Union

February 2, 2016

About 800 union miners at Stillwater Mining Co. have approved a new four-year contract. Scott McGinniss, of Columbus-based United Steelworkers local 11-0001, says the contract was approved Friday. McGinniss tells The Billings Gazette that the base pay for miners stays

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CONSOL Energy Temporarily Idles Its Harvey Coal Mine, Pennsylvania

February 2, 2016

Consol Energy Inc. has temporarily idled its Harvey coal mine in southwestern Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh-based energy company said in its fourth-quarter 2015 earnings release, issued Friday morning, that it will not affect its previously stated guidance, “but it will optimize

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Champion Iron Receives Court Approval for Acquisition of Cliffs’ Bloom Lake Mine, Quebec

February 1, 2016

Champion Iron Limited has acquired the Bloom Lake Mine and related rail assets and the Quinto Mining Corporation mineral claims in Québec from Cliffs Québec Iron Mining ULC, Bloom Lake Mine Iron Ore Limited Partnership, Bloom Lake Railway Company Limited

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Aston Bay and BHP Billiton Sign LOI to Advance Storm Copper Project, Canada

February 1, 2016

Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. has signed an exclusive letter of intent (LOI) with a wholly owned Canadian Subsidiary of BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHPB) to cooperatively advance the Storm Copper Project. Under the terms of the LOI, BHPB may earn a

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