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Wolfden CEO Calls Maine’s Rejection a ‘Speed Bump’ and Vows Pickett Mountain Project Will Continue
November 9, 2021
Despite a rebuke from the Maine Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) in mid-October, Wolfden Resources will not give up on its proposal to mine for copper, zinc, and lead at Pickett Mountain, company CEO Ron Little said in a rare
MSHA Launches Pillar Collapse Initiative with Seminars
November 8, 2021
Since October 2020, four massive pillar collapses have occurred in limestone mines. Each was accompanied by a powerful air blast and the formation of a large surface sinkhole. Fortunately they did not result in any injuries. Another massive pillar collapse
Sherritt Outlines Expansion Strategy for Moa Nickel and Cobalt JV, Canada
November 8, 2021
Sherritt International Corporation is embarking on an expansion strategy with its Cuban partners to capitalize on the growing demand for high purity nickel and cobalt being driven by the accelerated adoption of electric vehicles. The strategy, which will build on
Stanmore to Acquire BHP’s Stake in BHP Mitsui Coal for $1.35 Billion
November 8, 2021
BHP has signed a share sale and purchase agreement to divest its 80 percent interest in BHP Mitsui Coal (BMC), an operated metallurgical coal joint venture in Queensland. Stanmore SMC Holdings Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stanmore Resources
Former Coal Company Execs to Go on Trial for Skirting Dust-monitoring Rules
November 8, 2021
A group of former coal company officials will go on trial in Kentucky next week for allegedly skirting federal rules meant to reduce deadly dust in underground mines. The four men, who worked for now-bankrupt Armstrong Coal, ordered workers at
Fluor-led JV Awarded Contract to Install Grinding Mill at Grasberg Mine, Indonesia
November 8, 2021
Fluor Corporation and its joint venture with Petrosea, Fluor Petrosea Joint Organization (FPJO), has been selected by PT Freeport Indonesia to install a new grinding mill at its Grasberg copper and gold mining district in Papua, Indonesia. Fluor booked its
Georgia Power to Cut Generation in Half at Robert W. Scherer Power Plant
November 8, 2021
The biggest coal-fired power plant in the country gets all of its coal from Wyoming. A second of its four units is now slated for retirement, halving total capacity before the end of the decade. Three Wyoming mines — Buckskin,
Eros Resources Receives Major Permit Approval for Bell Mountain Mine Project, Nevada
November 5, 2021
EROS Resources’ wholly-owned subsidiary Bell Mountain Exploration has received a Water Pollution Control Permit (WPCP) from the Nevada Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation (BMRR) for the Bell Mountain Mine Project in Churchill County, Nevada. The WPCP was received October
Allegiance Coal to Acquire Drummond Coal’s Short Creek Underground Mine for $4.4 Million, Alabama
November 5, 2021
Allegiance has entered into an agreement with Drummond Coal to acquire the Short Creek Mine located west of Birmingham, Alabama. The mine is a tier one asset, a deposit with scale and premium hard coking quality coal, that consolidates and
Chifeng Jilong Gold to Acquire Golden Star Resources for $470 Million
November 5, 2021
Golden Star Resources and Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co. have entered into a definitive agreement to which Chifeng has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Golden Star by way of a statutory plan of
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