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Tartisan Nickel Advances Its Kenbridge Nickel Project in Kenora Mining District, Canada

August 17, 2022

Tartisan Nickel Corp. has concluded the initial environmental baseline studies and Phase 2 environmental baseline studies have commenced at the Kenbridge Nickel Project, Kenora Mining District, Northwestern Ontario. Knight Piesold Consulting (KP) and Blue Heron Environmental (BH) have been retained

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Giga Metals and Mitsubishi to Form JV to Develop Turnagain Nickel Project, Canada

August 16, 2022

Canada-based Giga Metals and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. (MC), have teamed up to jointly develop the Turnagain nickel deposit, located in northern British Columbia, Canada. The two companies have agreed to form a new joint venture company, dubbed Hard Creek Nickel

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New Climate Bill Includes Massive Tax Break for Companies Who Mine Critical Minerals

August 16, 2022

The Democrats’ $369 billion climate spending bill includes tax breaks for the mining industry, an industry that climate activists routinely oppose, to mine critical minerals to accelerate the Biden administration’s renewable energy transition. The Inflation Reduction Act will allow U.S.

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Fight Over Resolution Copper Mine Drags On – and Both Sides Expect More

August 16, 2022

Superior Mayor Mila Besich comes from a family of miners, so she knows it takes a long time to open a mine. But even she is getting frustrated by the years of reviews and court challenges to the proposed Resolution

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Rescue Efforts Delayed in Mexico Coal Mine as Water Levels Rise

August 16, 2022

Attempts to rescue ten men from a flooded mine in Mexico have been delayed after the water levels in three shafts rose suddenly on Sunday. The miners became trapped on August 3 when a wall in a tunnel collapsed and

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Blacksburg Mine Safety and Rescue Competition Crowns Champs

August 16, 2022

The Virginia Mining Institute held a competition in the New River Valley with eight different mining agencies from Southwest Virginia. The Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy) brought home a first place trophy from Blacksburg mining competition focused rescue and

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Capito Strips New Bill from Broad Granting of Regulatory Authority and $45 Million in Funding to EPA

August 15, 2022

Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia may be saving her state’s coal industry after the Senate Democrats’ climate bill, backed by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, threatened to place new regulations on coal. Manchin’s agreement included

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Judge Revives Obama-era Moratorium on Coal Leasing from Federal Lands

August 15, 2022

A federal judge on Friday reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack Obama and then scuttled under former President Donald Trump, in an order that marked a major setback to the

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NMA Responds to Reimposition of Coal Leasing Moratorium

August 15, 2022

The National Mining Association (NMA) issued the following statement from Rich Nolan, NMA President & CEO, on the coal moratorium ruling: “We will be appealing this ruling. This is a deeply disappointing decision with energy-driven inflation, energy affordability and energy

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Alpha Metallurgical Resources CEO David Stetson to Open Bluefield Coal & Mining Show Sept. 14

August 15, 2022

Bob Ramsey, chairman of the newly named The Bluefield Coal & Mining Show, said David Stetson, CEO, Alpha Metallurgical Resources, will open the show and address the media and exhibitor appreciation breakfast prior to the opening ceremony. Chris Hamilton, president

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