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Dominion Energy Requests Proposals for Coal Over Three-year Terms

September 8, 2020

Dominion Energy has requested proposals for CSX, NS and international origin thermal coal beginning in 2021. The first option DESC is requesting is for deliveries of up to 300,000 st for a three-year term beginning Jan.1, 2021. The second option

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DOE and State of Wyoming Partner on Carbon Capture Study at Wyoming Coal-Fired Power Plants

September 8, 2020

The U.S. Department of Energy has completed a carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) study for several Wyoming coal-fueled power plants. The study showed CCUS retrofits can provide significant benefits. The goal of the study was to evaluate the potential

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EPA Begins Ambitious Effort to Accelerate Mining Cleanups in Western States

September 8, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency has just done a very un-EPA-like thing. Last Wednesday it announced the creation of an “Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains” — a Woody Guthrie-esque name for an operation that surprisingly cuts across the rigid bureaucratic

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Equinox Gold Suspends Operations at Los Filos Mine Due to Road Blockade, Mexico

September 8, 2020

Canadian mining company Equinox Gold has temporarily suspended mining activities at its Los Filos mine in Mexico. The company said that the move was taken following an illegal road blockade by members of the nearby Carrizalillo community. According to Equinox,

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Albemarle Selected by U.S. Department of Energy for Lithium Research Projects

September 4, 2020

Albemarle Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as a critical partner for two lithium research projects over three years through a Battery Manufacturing Lab Call. Albemarle will work in conjunction with two DOE labs on

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Maxim Crane Works Acquires Assets and Locations of NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul in Montana

September 4, 2020

This latest acquisition by Maxim Crane Works of NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul adds new sites in Billings, Sidney, and Great Falls, Montana. “We are pleased to announce the successful acquisition of the assets associated with NCSG Crane and Heavy

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Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Operation First to Achieve The Copper Mark for Responsible Production

September 4, 2020

Rio Tinto’s Kennecott site in the US is the first producer to be awarded the Copper Mark, the copper industry’s new independently assessed responsible production program. The Kennecott operation in Utah has demonstrated it meets over 30 criteria for responsible

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BLM Approves Ioneer’s Plan of Operations for Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project, Nevada

September 3, 2020

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has formally accepted Ioneer’s plan of operations for the Rhyolite Ridge lithium /boron project in Nevada. The move marks a major milestone for the greenfield open-pit project toward the completion of the National

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Canada’s Scorpio Gold Options Mineral Ridge Property in Nevada to Titan Mining

September 3, 2020

Canadian gold miner Scorpio Gold has granted an option to Titan Mining, an Augusta Group company, to earn an 80 percent interest in the Mineral Ridge property, located in Esmeralda County, Nevada, US. Under the terms of the agreement, Titan

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Permafrost Results in $20 Million Water Costs for Teck’s Zinc Mine, Alaska

September 3, 2020

A company operating one of the world’s largest zinc mines in northwest Alaska said thawing permafrost forced an expenditure of nearly $20 million on water storage and discharge management. Teck Resources Ltd. says permafrost thaw in the watershed surrounding the

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