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Ontario Legislature Approves Building More Mines Act to Streamline Development

June 5, 2023

Just as the discovery of oil in Texas fuelled the U.S. economy for a century and a half, so will the critical minerals of Northern Ontario fuel the electric vehicle economy of this province in the years to come. That

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Minnesota Plans Stricter Rewrite of Rules for Copper-Nickel Mining

June 5, 2023

Minnesota regulators have concluded that state rules governing where copper-nickel mines can be built are insufficient to protect the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from noise and light pollution, creating another potential obstacle to the proposed Twin Metals mine

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NETL Develops Pipeline Route Planning Database to Guide CO2 Transport Decisions

June 5, 2023

Strategically planning safe and sustainable routes for transportation of CO2 from where it is captured to where it can be stored underground or converted into other products is a critical priority in achieving a greenhouse gas (GHG)-neutral economy by 2050.

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Wellmore Coal Company Wins Governor’s Cup Mine Rescue Contest

June 5, 2023

Wellmore Coal Company, Grundy, Virginia, was the winner of the 2023 Metallurgical Coal Producers Association (MCPA)/Virginia Energy Governor’s Cup Mine Rescue Contest held Thursday, June 1 in Wise. Seven teams from a three-state area competed for the top spot before

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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Appoint New Leadership for Legislative Coal Caucus

June 5, 2023

State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) and Sen. Jim Brewster (D-45) along with Rep. Frank Burns (D-72) and Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-62) will serve as co-chairs for the Legislative Coal Caucus during the 2023-2024 session. The Coal Caucus is a bipartisan,

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U.S. Critical Materials Corp. to Explore Bitterroot Rare-earth Deposit

June 2, 2023

A Nevada company that hopes to mine what it describes as the nation’s richest deposit of rare-earth elements at the south end of the Bitterroot Mountains plans to conduct further exploration this year on its claims. U.S. Critical Materials and

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Courtney Young: Our Dependence on China’s Minerals Carries a High Price

June 2, 2023

Until recently, debates over mining in this country were conducted in almost surreal atmospheres. Due to imports, minerals were in abundance. Security of supply chains wasn’t important for national defense. For policy makers, there was no urgency to fix what

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BlackSky, SynMax Partner to Monitor Coal Power Plant Inventory in Support of Energy Transition

June 2, 2023

BlackSky Technology Inc. was competitively selected by energy intelligence company SynMax to monitor more than 100 United States coal power plants. The partnership will create the world’s most timely and accurate energy intelligence assessment and support national energy transition initiatives

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NMA’s Rich Nolan Releases Statement on Senate Hearing on Grid Reliability

June 2, 2023

Rich Nolan, president and CEO of the National Mining Association (NMA), released the following statement on today’s hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee concerning grid reliability: “It was impossible to listen to the testimony this morning, including

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Anglo American Reorganizes Senior Management Team, Separates Production Businesses into Two Regions

June 2, 2023

Anglo American has made a number of changes to its senior management team and to its organization. “We are reorganizing how we manage our production businesses and the functional expertise that supports them to drive safe and consistent operational excellence

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