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UBC-led Project Combats Emissions by Locking Carbon Dioxide in Mine Waste

August 7, 2019

Two Canadian mines will pilot University of British Columbia-led research that combats greenhouse gas emissions by trapping carbon dioxide in mine tailings, the waste left over from ore mining. The technology could drastically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of mining

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Pembridge Resources Acquires Capstone Mining’s Minto Mine for $20 Million, Canada

August 7, 2019

Capstone Mining Corp. has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to sell its 100 percent interest in the Minto mine to Pembridge Resources. Under the terms of the agreement, Capstone will receive up to US$20 million in cash in

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Bluestone Resources Acquires ERP Coke Plant, Alabama

August 7, 2019

Bluestone Resources Inc. has purchased the ERP Compliant Coke plant in Birmingham, Alabama. Bluestone is owned by the Justice family and is led by Jay Justice, son of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice. The plant, which was in danger of

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MSHA Clarifies Escapeway Requirements for Underground Mines

August 6, 2019

In response to recent questions from the mining community, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a program policy letter intended to clarify requirements for providing emergency escapeways for underground metal and nonmetal miners. In a notice published in

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Taseko Seeks Injunction that Could Set Stage for Showdown with First Nation, B.C.

August 6, 2019

Lawyers for a First Nation and a B.C. mining company will go head-to-head in a courtroom later this month, with both sides asking the court to intervene in their fight over a controversial mining project that the First Nation calls

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EPA Selects San Mateo Creek Uranium Basin for Targeted Clean Up Action

August 6, 2019

The EPA has added a New Mexico uranium mining basin to a list of sites “targeted for immediate, intense action.” The agency added the San Mateo Creek Basin site, part of the Grants Mining District, to the Administrator’s “Superfund Emphasis

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B.C. Premier Responds to Senate Coalition’s Concerns Over Mining Contamination

August 6, 2019

British Columbia Premier John Horgan pledged to treat responsible natural resource development as a priority in a July 17 letter to congressional leaders who recently expressed unified concerns about upstream mining contaminants flowing into shared watersheds south of the Canadian

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Arch Coal Signs Three-Year Deal with Kentucky Utilities for Its Thunder Mine

August 6, 2019

Arch Coal signed a three-year deal to supply at least 1.35 million st of Powder River Basin coal to Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities’ Trimble County Generation Station along the Ohio River, according to a regulatory filing made

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Nevada Gold Mines Hosts 33rd Annual Safety Olympiad

August 6, 2019

Emergency Response Teams and volunteers arrived at the Elko Convention Center at 4:30 Tuesday morning, the sounds of their gear clinking, combining with the excited chatter of more than 100 volunteers and participants. Wearing matching team shirts, competitors talked to

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Kentucky Coal Miners Call on Trump for Support Amid Ongoing Payment Showdown

August 6, 2019

You can’t miss it on the side of the highway. It’s an encampment of pop-up tents congregated on and around railway tracks, tucked away in a narrow valley near Cumberland, Kentucky. A cornhole game lies in the middle of the

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