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NERC Releases Its 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment
May 18, 2023
EPA’s new Good Neighbor Plan could hurt reliability of the bulk power system as operators limit generation from coal and natural gas plants in order to comply with the rule’s tighter requirements, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) said
NMA’s Rich Nolan Releases Statement on NERC 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment
May 18, 2023
The National Mining Association (NMA) issued the following statement from Rich Nolan, NMA president and CEO, responding to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment which finds that two-thirds of the country is at elevated risk
MSHA Issues Safety Alert for Longwall Mining Accidents
May 18, 2023
From January 2013 to March 2023, there have been 545 accidents on longwalls in underground coal mines, causing seven deaths and 333 serious injuries. These accidents occurred when miners were performing routine work such as shoveling coal, working on shields,
Hecla’s Phillips Baker, Jr. Receives the Selwyn Blaylock Canadian Mining Excellence Award
May 18, 2023
Hecla Mining’s president and CEO Phillips Baker, Jr. has received this year’s Selwyn Blaylock Canadian Mining Excellence Award. The award, given by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), recognizes an individual who has demonstrated distinguished service to
Biden Administration Clarifies 1872 Mining Law, Says Thacker Pass Mine Can Proceed, Nevada
May 17, 2023
The Biden administration says it has completed a court-ordered review that should ensure construction continues at a Nevada lithium mine, despite legal challenges brought by conservationists and tribal leaders. At the same time, in a broader response to recent U.S.
Three Workers Injured at CONSOL Energy’s Enlow Fork Mine, Pennsylvania
May 17, 2023
Three mine workers were injured, one critically, in an early-morning accident Tuesday that involved supply cars and a mantrip vehicle inside CONSOL Energy’s Enlow Fork Mine in Washington County, Pennsylvania. All three were brought out of the mine by CONSOL’s
DANR to Hold Hearing on Coeur’s Wharf Gold Mine Expansion, South Dakota
May 17, 2023
A proposed expansion that would add nearly 50 acres of land and seven years of mining activity to the Coeur Wharf gold mine in Lead will face its final hurdle before the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
NMA’s Nolan Testifies Before Senate Natural Resources on Permitting Reform, Minerals Access, Energy
May 16, 2023
Rich Nolan, president and CEO of the National Mining Association (NMA), testified before the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee on May 11 in a hearing to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the permitting process for energy and mineral
Ioneer and Dragonfly Energy Partnership to Strengthen U.S. Lithium Battery and Storage Supply Chain
May 16, 2023
Ioneer Ltd. and Dragonfly Energy Holdings have entered into a commercial offtake agreement partnership that will strengthen U.S. battery supply chains and invest in the production and manufacturing of Nevada- sourced lithium. The agreement between the two Nevada-based companies is
Senator Mitch McConnell: Biden Democrats’ Latest Attack on American Energy
May 16, 2023
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s latest radical anti-energy policy: “By outsourcing his energy policy to the radical left, President Biden is outsourcing away America’s energy security and independence. “Today, the
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