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Minnesota Accepting Public Comments on Adequacy of Mining Rules

November 10, 2021

Minnesota regulators began accepting public comments Tuesday on whether the state’s regulation of nonferrous mining would provide sufficient protection against environmental damage to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The comment period runs through Dec. 8. The Department of Natural

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Kentucky Coal Association Names Tucker Davis as New President

November 10, 2021

After an extensive search, the Kentucky Coal Association has named Tucker Davis as its incoming president. Davis, a former Trump Administration official at the U.S. Department of the Interior, is a native of the Appalachian coalfields and brings over a

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Newmont and Caterpillar Enter Revolutionary Strategic Alliance to Achieve Zero Emissions Mining

November 10, 2021

Newmont Corporation has entered a strategic alliance with Caterpillar to deliver a fully connected, automated, zero carbon emitting, end-to-end mining system. Together, they will collaborate to create a safer, more productive mine, and substantially support Newmont in reaching their 2030

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Coal Plant Workers at Laramie River Station Hold Second Protest Opposing Federal Vaccine Mandate

November 10, 2021

Dozens of energy workers staged a demonstration against the federal vaccine mandate outside a second Wyoming coal plant on Friday. The roughly 275 employees at Laramie River Station, a Wheatland coal-fired power plant operated by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, aren’t

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December 11: Historic Town of Bramwell to Hold Tours of Coalfield Millionaire Homes, W.Va.

November 10, 2021

Annual tours of historic Town of Bramwell homes constructed by coalfield millionaires is resuming in mid-December after a two-year absence due to COVID, the Bramwell Theatre Corporation announced this week. The Holiday tour of Historic Homes will take place Saturday,

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First Cobalt to Establish Battery Materials Park, to Change Name to Electra Battery Materials Corp.

November 9, 2021

First Cobalt Corp. said it is expanding its strategic plan to provide battery grade nickel and cobalt, recycled battery materials, and precursor material to the North American supply chain. The new business model would result in the creation of the

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Premier Doug Ford’s Hopes for Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Industry Hinge on Mining Its Ring of Fire

November 9, 2021

Premier Doug Ford’s government is touting Ontario as a future electric vehicle manufacturing hub, and linking that to a fresh push for a huge mining development in the northern part of the province. Ford’s Progressive Conservatives want to lure the

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Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry Claims Biden’s Policies Could Lead to ‘Disaster’

November 9, 2021

Donald Trump’s former energy secretary on Sunday attacked the Biden administration’s energy policies, linking them to inflation and claiming that restrictions on the U.S. oil industry and rising costs at home could lead to “disaster.” Energy prices have leaped globally

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

November 9, 2021

As our nation moves forward to implement the trillion dollar Bi-partisan 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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Judge Extends Order Against Striking Alabama Coal Miners, Citing Violence

November 9, 2021

Citing “unlawful, violent and prohibited” behavior by some picketers, a Tuscaloosa County circuit judge has extended a temporary restraining order against the United Mine Workers of America through Nov. 15 in their continued strike against Warrior Met Coal. Judge James

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