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Montana DEQ Hears Public Comment on Sandire’s Black Butte Copper Mine Project

May 6, 2019

Around 60 people sat on the bleachers of the White Sulphur Springs high school gym Tuesday night, 15 miles south of where a proposed underground mine could remove more than 14 million of tons of copper-enriched rock from the earth.

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New World Bank Fund to Support Climate-Smart Mining for Energy Transition

May 3, 2019

The World Bank launched the Climate-Smart Mining Facility, the first-ever fund dedicated to making mining for minerals climate-smart and sustainable. The Facility will support the sustainable extraction and processing of minerals and metals used in clean energy technologies, such as

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Troilus Launches Research Program in Collaboration With Western University and Laval University

May 3, 2019

Troilus Gold Corp. has launched a three-year multidisciplinary research program for the Troilus Gold Project in collaboration with Western University’s Department of Earth Sciences and Université Laval, entitled the “Troilus POD Project” (Prospecting and Ore Discovery). The aim of the

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Murray Energy Acquires Mission Coal’s Oak Grove, Seminole Alabama, and Maple Eagle Mining Complexes

May 2, 2019

Murray Energy Corporation and its newly formed majority owned unrestricted subsidiary company, Murray Metallurgical Coal Holdings, LLC, have successfully closed the transaction approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama to acquire the Oak Grove,

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Sandfire to Keep Its Black Butte Copper Project as an Underground Mine, Montana

May 2, 2019

The Meagher County Stewardship Council (MCSC), a not-for-profit citizens group, and Sandfire Resources America Inc., say they have reached an enforceable agreement banning open pit mining in six Meagher County Townships including the location of the proposed Black Butte Copper

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Oxbow Mining Seeks Approval to Flare Gas from Bowie No. 2 Coal Mine, Colorado

May 2, 2019

A subsidiary of Oxbow Mining, which formerly ran the Elk Creek Mine in the North Fork Valley, is pursuing approval to flare methane gas from the nearby Bowie No. 2 Mine. Hubbard Creek Coal Gas, LLC, is proposing operating the

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Westmoreland’s Kemmerer Coal Mine Sale Falls Through After Failure to Secure Bonding, Wyoming

May 2, 2019

The Virginia businessman who’d planned to purchase and operate a troubled coal mine in western Wyoming has backed out after a failure to secure bonding ahead of a deadline. Bankrupt Westmoreland Resource Partners was set to sell the Kemmerer mine

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Gold Resource Commences Production at Isabella Pearl Gold Mine, Nevada

May 2, 2019

Gold Resource reports first gold production from Isabella Pearl in its Nevada Mining Unit ahead of schedule. Gold Resource is a gold and silver producer, developer and explorer with operations in Oaxaca, Mexico and Nevada, USA.  The Company has returned

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RECLAIM Act Would Direct Mine Reclamation Funds for Economic Development

May 2, 2019

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was among a group of five senators Tuesday who reintroduced the “Revitalization the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act.” The RECLAIM Act aims at using coal mine reclamation

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Teams Compete in 49th Annual Southern Regional Mine Rescue Contest, Louisiana

May 2, 2019

The eight men were tethered together, moving carefully along the edge of the narrow passage. Each wears a Draeger rebreather, providing fresh air in the confined space. The light is dim, but battery-powered headlights on the team’s helmets make things

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