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ioneer Seals Deal for Lithium Offtake with Ford, Targeting End-to-End U.S. EV Supply Chain

August 23, 2022

ioneer has sealed a binding offtake agreement with the Ford Motor Company to supply lithium from its lithium-boron operations in Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Nevada. The deal will support Ford’s ambition to create an end-to-end U.S.-based electric vehicle (EV)

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Hudbay Completes Mining Activities at Its 777 Mine in Manitoba, Canada

August 23, 2022

Hudbay Minerals has concluded mining activities at the company’s 777 mine in Flin Flon, Manitoba, after the reserves were depleted following 18 years of steady production. Closure activities at the 777 mine have commenced and employees and equipment are transitioning

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Germany’s Uniper to Restart Heyden 4 Coal-fired Power Plant

August 23, 2022

German energy giant Uniper SE will restart a hard-coal-fired power plant to produce electricity for the market as Berlin races to secure energy supplies for the winter. Uniper said late Monday that the Heyden 4 hard-coal-fired power plant in Petershagen,

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United Coal’s New Non-profit Directly Aiding Ukraine

August 22, 2022

The distance between Buchanan County, Va. and central Ukraine is smaller than one might think — and it’s being bridged to Ukrainians’ benefit by a new non-profit centered in local coal country. United Coal Co., headquartered in Johnson City and

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Glencore to Invest $403 Million in Quebec Copper Smelter Overhaul

August 22, 2022

Glencore is set to invest C$520 million ($403 million) over a period of five years to modernize a copper smelter in northern Quebec, Canada. According to a Bloomberg report, the planned revamp of the Horne Smelter is expected to reduce

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Nebraska Coal-fired Power Plant Latest to Delay Closure

August 22, 2022

A coal-fired power plant in Nebraska late on Thursday delayed its closure by three years, becoming the latest plant in recent months to postpone shutting despite concerns about pollutants including the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. The board of directors

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West Virginia Coal Industry Worried About Inflation Reduction Act

August 22, 2022

West Virginia’s coal industry is worried it could face problems with the federal Inflation Reduction Act, which was just signed into law. The Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed by President Joe Biden after narrowly making it through the House

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CenterPoint Energy Delays Retirement of Its Coal-fired Power Plant in Indiana

August 22, 2022

CenterPoint Energy Inc. is delaying retirement of a coal-fired power plant in Indiana as a surge in wholesale electricity prices and uncertainty about some renewable projects undermines President Joe Biden’s push to decarbonize the grid. CenterPoint plans to keep operating

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Fatality at Alliance Resource Partners’ Tunnel Ridge Mine, W.Va.

August 19, 2022

A coal miner died in an accident at a northern West Virginia underground mine, officials said. William A. Richards, 38, of Cadiz, Ohio, was killed in the accident Wednesday at the Tunnel Ridge Mine in Triadelphia, the West Virginia Office

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Coal Industry Rattled By Two Consecutive Legal Losses

August 19, 2022

Back-to-back court rulings restricting new federal coal leasing this month have prompted anxiety among mining companies and hope from climate advocate. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris of Montana on Aug. 4 ordered two Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices to

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