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First Cobalt Secures $5 Million from Glencore for Refinery Study in Canada

September 4, 2019

Canadian mining firm First Cobalt has signed a $5 million loan facility with British-Swiss commodity trading and mining company Glencore to complete engineering, metallurgical testing, fieldwork and permitting for the recommissioning and expansion of the First Cobalt Refinery in Canada.

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Blackhawk Mining’s Plan of Reorganization Approved by Bankruptcy Court

September 4, 2019

Blackhawk Mining LLC announced Wednesday that its Plan of Reorganization has been approved by Judge Silverstein in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware. The company is expected to emergence from bankruptcy as soon as early September. This will eliminate more

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Missouri S&T Researches Mine Safety With Homemade Cannon

September 4, 2019

Sometimes, the best way to see how strong something is means shooting it with a cannon loaded up with stuff found in a coal mine. While this may sound like a TV comedy bit, it’s part of serious research at

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Fatality in Rock Fall at CONSOL’s Enlow Fork Mine, Pennsylvania

September 3, 2019

A 25-year-old worker was killed when a long wall of coal collapsed on top of him in the Enlow Fork Mine in Washington County Thursday night. The worker was identified as Tanner Lee McFarland of Washington, Pa., according to the

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Epiroc USA Launches Mining and Construction Blog

September 3, 2019

Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has introduced the Mining and Construction USA blog, a valuable new information hub for the two industries. Visitors will discover vibrant content designed to help their operations increase productivity,

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Powder River Basin Resource Council Files Complaint Against Contura

September 3, 2019

The Resource Council filed the complaint because the mines have been shut down for more than 30 days without filing the necessary updates to either Contura’s annual mine report or to the company’s mining and reclamation plans, which are required

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Court Rules Blackjewel Can Sell Wyoming and W. Va. Mines Separately

September 3, 2019

A U.S. bankruptcy court has ruled that a coal company may sell two large Wyoming mines separately from one in West Virginia. Bristol, Tennessee-based Contura Energy originally sought to buy all three mines from Milton, West Virginia-based Blackjewel in a

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U.S. Department of Labor to Seek Data on Protecting Miners From Exposure to Quartz

September 3, 2019

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that it will publish a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register seeking data on economically and technologically feasible methods to protect miners’ health from exposure

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Cypress Development Achieves Processing Milestone at Clayton Valley Lithium Project, Nevada

August 30, 2019

Cypress Development Corp. has successfully completed slurry rheology and filtration studies integral to the prefeasibility study (PFS) of the company’s Clayton Valley Lithium Project. The results come after months of testing by laboratories and detailed review with consultants and equipment

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Sasol Reaches Beneficial Operation at Lake Charles Ethane Cracker Facility, Louisiana

August 30, 2019

Sasol said its world-scale U.S. Ethane Cracker reached beneficial operation on August 27, 2019. Sasol’s new Cracker, the heart of its Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP), is the third and most significant of the seven LCCP facilities to come online

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