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Northern Dynasty’s Subsidiary Pebble Partnership Prepares Appeal for Alaska’s Pebble Project

December 7, 2020

Northern Dynasty Minerals said its subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership is preparing a comprehensive and substantive request for appeal (RFA) with respect to the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) issuance of a negative Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed

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DOE Issues Notice of Guidance for Potential Loan Applicants Involving Critical Minerals

December 7, 2020

The U.S. Department of Energy has issued new guidance for applications to the Loan Programs Office, stating a preference for projects related to critical minerals. Pursuant to President Trump’s September 2020 Executive Order addressing the threat to the domestic supply

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Piedmont Secures Approval to Build Lithium Hydroxide Plant, North Carolina

December 7, 2020

Piedmont Lithium has secured air permit from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) Division of Air Quality (DAQ), for the construction of its lithium hydroxide plant. The permit has been granted to Piedmont to construct and operate its

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CONSOL Energy Aims to Design an Advanced Coal-Based Power Plant , Pa.

December 7, 2020

CONSOL Energy Inc., whose underground coal mining complex in Pennsylvania is the largest in North America, is working to design a power plant and have it operating by 2027. The innovative project would run on wet waste coal from CONSOL’s

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Alexco Commissions Concentrate Production at Keno Hill Silver District Mill, Canada

December 4, 2020

Alexco Resource has commissioned the Keno Hill District Mill with initial production of lead/silver and zinc concentrates underway. The initial ore source for Mill commissioning is the Bellekeno underground mine where drilling, blasting, and extraction of ore from long hole

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Lighthouse Resources Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Lays Off Miners at Decker Coal Mine

December 4, 2020

The owner of the Decker coal mine filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday night and laid off nearly half of its workforce at the facility in Montana. The Decker coal mine is located in Big Horn County just north

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Bevill State College Breaks Ground on New Training Facility for Longwall Mining Training, Alabama

December 4, 2020

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for the longwall expansion project of the Alabama Mining Academy at Bevill State Community College. Bevill State instructors have trained future coal miners for decades at the Alabama Mining Academy on Bevill State’s Sumiton

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Blackjewel Coal Moves to Liquidate, Convert Bankruptcy to Chapter 7

December 4, 2020

The bankruptcy of coal company Blackjewel has hit another turn of events as the company’s former CEO moved to liquidate the company. A federal judge is considering a motion submitted last week to convert the bankruptcy from Chapter 11 to

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Global CCS Institute Report: Global Carbon Capture and Storage Capacity Surged in 2020

December 4, 2020

That is according to new research from the Global CCS Institute, a think-tank which is striving to accelerate the deployment of the technology. The Institute’s 2020 Global Status on CCS report states that there are a total of 65 commercial

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Fatality at Kinross Gold’s Round Mountain Mine, Nevada

December 3, 2020

A veteran bulldozer operator died at a gold mine in central Nevada when the machine tumbled down a steep slope of the open pit, according to a preliminary report by federal safety officials. Robert Larson, 58, worked in mining for

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