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Opponents File New Challenge to Proposed Twin Metals Mine Near BWCA

May 8, 2020

Opponents of a proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota sued Wednesday to challenge the federal government’s renewal of Twin Metals’ mineral rights leases, saying the government didn’t conduct a full-scale environmental review of the project near the Boundary Waters Canoe

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CanAlaska Signs Option Agreement for Thompson Nickel Project, Canada

May 8, 2020

Canada-based CanAlaska Uranium has signed an option agreement with Fjordland Exploration, for its North Thompson Nickel Project in Manitoba, Canada. Under the transaction agreement, FEX will to earn up to an 80 percent interest in North Thompson Nickel Project, in

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Newmont to Ramp Up Operations ‘In a Timely Manner’

May 8, 2020

Newmont has minimized staffing levels at its operations significantly, stating that the health and safety of its people and host communities is “paramount” to the company. The company’s Australian gold production dropped by 24 percent in the first quarter of

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Georgia Power Completes Open Vessel Testing for Units 3 and 4 at Nuclear Expansion Project

May 8, 2020

Open Vessel Testing, a major systems testing milestone, has been completed for Unit 3 at Georgia Power’s Vogtle 3 & 4 nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia, marking one of the most significant accomplishments in the project to date. Open

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U.S. Coal Exports Climb to Four-month High in March

May 8, 2020

Despite bituminous exports falling over 30 percent on the month, US coal exports rose to a four-month high of 6.27 million mt in March, as metallurgical exports recovered from its three-year low in February, according to US Census Bureau data

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EIA: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Energy Sector Declined in 2019

May 8, 2020

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced by the U.S. energy industry declined in 2019, led by sharp drops in the power sector. CO2 emissions fell by 2.8 percent last year to 5,130 million metric tons (MMmt), according to data in the

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D&H Mining, Owner, and Foreman Plead Guilty to Misreporting Dust Sampling Tests

May 8, 2020

D&H Mining, a Grundy-based coal company, its owner and a foreman pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to conspiring to defraud the United States by cheating on underground coal mine dust sampling procedures. Those procedures fall under

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First Cobalt Releases Positive Feasibility Study Results for Canadian Cobalt Refinery Expansion

May 7, 2020

First Cobalt released positive results from an independent feasibility study conducted on its permitted cobalt refinery in Ontario, Canada. The study contemplates expanding the existing facility and adapting it to be North America’s first producer of cobalt sulfate, an essential

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Frontier-Kemper Awarded $63.7M Contract for Warrior Met Coal’s Blue Creek Energy Mine, Alabama

May 7, 2020

Tutor Perini Corporation’s subsidiary, Frontier-Kemper Constructors, has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $63.7 million by Warrior Met Coal for the Blue Creek Energy Mine #1 project in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The scope of work includes the excavation and

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Energy Fuels Enters to Acquire Prompt Fission Neutron’s Borehole Logging Technology and Equipment

May 7, 2020

Energy Fuels has entered into an agreement to acquire from GeoInstruments Logging (GIL) all of its Prompt Fission Neutron (PFN) technology and equipment, including all of its related intellectual property. This will give Energy Fuels the exclusive right to use,

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