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Evolution Mining to Acquire Ernest Henry Mining from Glencore for A$1 Billion

November 17, 2021

Glencore and Evolution Mining Limited have entered into a binding agreement for the sale and purchase of Glencore’s 100 percent interest in Ernest Henry Mining, the owner of the Ernest Henry Mining (EHM) copper-gold mine in Queensland, Australia. Glencore will

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Coal CEOs Say Their Fuel is Far from Being Consigned to History

November 17, 2021

Coal mining chief executives said the fuel they produce is far from being consigned to history, regardless of stricter global climate action agreed at the COP26 summit last week. Demand remains robust in Asia and has picked up in Europe

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Chris Hamilton: West Virginia Coal Will Help Rebuild America’s Infrastructure

November 17, 2021

As our nation moves forward to implement the trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure legislation to update and modernize America’s roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure, West Virginia coal will once again be called upon to provide the energy that will create

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Kentucky Economic Development Projects Receive $9 Million in Abandoned Mine Land Funding

November 17, 2021

Kentucky officials announced Monday that ten economic development projects in the eastern part of the state received funding from a federal program created to reclaim abandoned mines. Nearly $9.2 million was awarded to the projects, according to a news release

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Settlement Bans Storage of Utah Coal at Levin-Richmond Terminal in San Francisco By 2027

November 17, 2021

A private port operator in the San Francisco Bay Area that stores coal from Utah before it’s shipped to Asia has been given until 2027 to continue those operations under terms of a settlement. Officials in Richmond, where the port

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Bodies Found 11 Years After Pike River Coal Mine Blast that Killed 29 Men, New Zealand

November 17, 2021

Human remains have been found in a New Zealand coal mine more than a decade after one of the country’s worst industrial disasters, police have said. Twenty-nine men were killed after a series of methane gas explosions ripped through the

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Osisko Receives Final Permits for The Bonanza Ledge II Mine and Quesnel River Mill, Canada

November 16, 2021

The Province of British Columbia, Lhtako Dené First Nation, and Osisko Development Corp. announced the approval of amendments to Mines Act Permits allowing for the expansion of the existing Bonanza Ledge II underground mine. These amendments support the ongoing employment

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Kenorland Minerals Signs Option Agreement with Barrick for South Uchi Project, Canada

November 16, 2021

Kenorland Minerals has agreed to grant an option to a fully-owned subsidiary of Barrick Gold to acquire a stake of up to 80 percent in its South Uchi project in Canada. The gold and lithium project is located within the

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Coal-based Green Manufacturing Business Coming to Beckley, W.Va.

November 16, 2021

A new process for turning coal into more environmentally friendly or “green” products could soon be put to use at a planned manufacturing site to be located in the heart of Beckley. Plans on how these goods are manufactured as

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Biden Nominates NLRB Board Counsel Christopher Williamson as Mine Safety Chief

November 16, 2021

President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee U.S. mine safety is the second straight choice to lead the office from West Virginia. Christopher Williamson was nominated by the president on Friday as assistant secretary for mine, safety and health at the

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