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Southern Company, Alabama Power Meet with Trump Officials on Keys to Economic Revival

May 4, 2020

Officials from the Southern Company and Alabama Power made several recommendations at a meeting with Trump Administration officials to help restore the nation’s economy after the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Great American Economic Revival Energy Industry Group meeting at the

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Alaska Conservationists Urge Action on Transboundary Mining

May 4, 2020

Federal lawmakers have been urged by tribes and local conservation groups to address transboundary mining, which some consider a threat to southeast Alaska. Transboundary mining is when run-off from a mine in one country pollutes water that eventually flows into

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UMWA Holds News Conference to Address Change of Murray Energy’s Chapter 11 Filing

May 4, 2020

The coal mining industry has been under siege in recent years by bankruptcy filings, shutdowns of mines and coal-fired power plants, and declining demand and prices. And the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the industry’s situation. The United Mine Workers of

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U.S. Steel to Layoff Workers at Its Minntac Mine, Minnesota

May 4, 2020

U.S. Steel has announced it will lay off 260 workers at its Minntac operation in Mountain Iron as the coronavirus pandemic has cut demand for steel. The layoffs were announced Friday. The Star Tribune reported they will start May 10

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Arch Coal to Change Its Name to Arch Resources

May 1, 2020

Arch Coal said it is changing its name to Arch Resources, Inc., effective May 15, 2020. The name change underscores the company’s ongoing transition to a premier producer of metallurgical products for the global steel industry. “The name change we

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Paramount Gold Nevada Submits Mine Plan of Operation to BLM for Grassy Mountain Mine, Oregon

May 1, 2020

Paramount Gold Nevada has submitted its plan of operation to the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) outlining the company’s plans to build and operate the proposed Grassy Mountain underground gold mine located in Malheur County, eastern Oregon. The project’s

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UtahAmerican Energy Files to Expand Lila Canyon Mine, Utah

May 1, 2020

Its corporate parent might be in bankruptcy protection fighting off impatient creditors, but a Utah coal producer is seeking to expand its federal lease holdings by 5,500 acres around an Emery County mine. The Bureau of Land Management last week

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Geneva Rock to Expand Draper Mining Operations, Utah

May 1, 2020

Geneva Rock is again seeking to expand operations, which is also reigniting blowback from some Draper residents unhappy with the mine operations that led to the company’s last proposal to be rejected less than two years ago. Under the latest

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Anaconda Mining Revises Permitting Timeline for Goldboro Gold Project in Nova Scotia, Canada

May 1, 2020

Anaconda Mining provided an update on its 100 percent owned Goldboro Gold Project located in Nova Scotia, Canada. Given the revised permitting timelines for the project as discussed below, as well as COVID-19 related delays, the company has initiated optimization

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Eros Resources’ Bell Mountain Gold Project Achieves Environmental Milestone, Nevada

May 1, 2020

Eros Resources said that the Bureau of Land Management has provided a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the environmental assessment (EA) of Eros’ Bell Mountain Gold Project in Nevada. The Finding of No Significant Impact in the decision

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