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University of Wyoming Study Examines Economic Incentives for Deploying Carbon Capture, Sequestration

July 15, 2022

University of Wyoming researchers recently published a policy analysis article in a leading environmental research journal that examines the potential role of economic and policy incentives to facilitate carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment in the state. Haibo Zhai, the

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Horizonte Minerals Awards Key Processing Equipment Contracts for Its Araguaia Nickel Project, Brazil

July 15, 2022

Horizonte Minerals has awarded all major and long-lead-time process plant equipment contracts for the company’s flagship Araguaia Nickel Project in Brazil. Following completion of the competitive tender processes, and detailed negotiations, the company has now secured equipment supply and technical

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Court Blocks Pennsylvania Carbon Pricing Scheme

July 14, 2022

“Don’t let activists who believe that putting Pennsylvanians out of work will help ‘save the planet.’ It’s time to confront the wannabe planet savers here in this room and this state and tell them not only NO, but HELL NO.”

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Rio Tinto to Invest $188 Million in Alma Smelter to Expand Billet Production, Canada

July 14, 2022

Rio Tinto is investing $188 million (C$240 million) to increase the production capacity for low-carbon, high value aluminium billets at its Alma smelter in Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec by 202,000 metric tonnes. The existing casting center at Rio Tinto’s Alma plant will

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Royal Gold to Acquire Great Bear Royalties for $153 Million

July 14, 2022

Royal Gold, through its subsidiary International Royalty, has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Great Bear Royalties (GBR) in a transaction valued at around C$199.5 million ($153 million). Under the terms of the transaction, GBR shareholders are eligible to receive

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Amendment to Block EPA WOTUS Rule Blocked in House, SCOTUS Decision Looms

July 14, 2022

Concerned that a Biden administration plan to resuscitate an Obama-era rule that would impose federal zoning across millions of acres of private land, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) introduced an amendment in the U.S. House that would bar the Environmental Protection

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Miner’s Widow Sues Nystar After Fatal Knox County Mine Collapse

July 14, 2022

The widow of a miner is suing a mining company after a fatal accident. In the lawsuit, Brenda Turbyville alleges that Nystar Tennessee Mines and the upper management of the area recklessly sent her husband, Gerald Turbyville, back into an

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Teck Resources Advances Plans for Its Aktigiruq and Anarraaq Projects, Alaska

July 13, 2022

The company that operates the Red Dog zinc mine in Northwest Alaska is seeking state and federal approval for a multi-year exploration plan in the area that could one day lead to a large expansion of its operations. Teck American,

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Perpetua Resources Receives Clean Air Act Permit to Construct Stibnite Gold Project, Idaho

July 13, 2022

Perpetua Resources Corp. has received the clean air act permit to construct for the Stibnite Gold Project from the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. The air permit mandates compliance with state and federal air standards and regulates emissions from construction

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Fisher Phillips Unveils Nation’s First MSHA Violations Tracker

July 13, 2022

Fisher Phillips, one of the country’s preeminent labor and employment law firms representing employers, has created the nation’s first Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Violations Tracker — the MSHA tracker — to provide employers with detailed access to the

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