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Cloud Peak Energy Eliminates 15 Salaried Jobs
February 21, 2019
Troubles for Gillette-based Cloud Peak Energy Corp. continue with the elimination of 15 salaried jobs, including lobbyists and public affairs positions. The company, one of the largest coal producers in the Powder River Basin, announced the layoffs in a note
West Virginia Coal Industry’s Future Lies in Met Coal
February 21, 2019
For years, Arch Coal has sat on reserves of high-quality metallurgical coal in Barbour County while it developed its Leer mining complex to the north in Taylor County. Now the time has come to develop those reserves while the world
United Miner Workers Rally for Benefit Security After Mission Coal Files for Bankruptcy
February 21, 2019
Miners with the United Mine Workers were out rallying this morning at Kelly Ingram Park in response to Mission Coal’s recent bankruptcy filings. Two years ago, Mission Coal bought the mine but now that the company is going bankrupt. Miners
White Stallion Energy Set to Open Captain Daviess Coal Mine, Kentucky
February 19, 2019
The annual coal meeting by the Daviess County Commissioners received an unexpected addition when White Stallion Energy announced plans to open the Captain Daviess Mine in far southeastern Daviess County. The mine is one that has been in the works
Robert Murray: Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Destroys Low-cost Energy
February 19, 2019
Murray Energy CEO Opens a New Window. Robert Murray said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Opens a New Window. will destroy America and senators Opens a New Window. who support it should know better. “It can’t work. They are attempting
JRL Coal’s General Manager John Quintrell Presents Bright Outlook for Coal in Appalachia
February 19, 2019
JRL Coal’s general manager John Quintrell was the first of an impressive list of speakers to discuss potential and promise in the mountains as part of the Harlan County Chamber of Commerce’s Spring Speaker Series. While there are issues in
Senators Manchin and Capito Push for Passing of American Miners Act of 2019
February 19, 2019
The American Miners Act of 2019 was once again up for discussion this week in the U.S. Senate. The bill, Senate Bill 27 sponsored by Senator Joe Manchin D-W.Va., would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
Virginia Spends $23 Million on Reclaiming Abandoned Mine Sites
February 19, 2019
In an effort to reclaim abandoned mine sites, the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy (DMME) has spent upwards of $23 million to improve the Hurley Community of Buchanan County. The project, beginning in 1981, has sought to rescue
New Congress Presses Interior on Cancellation of Strip-Mine Health Study
February 19, 2019
The new Democratic leadership in Congress is investigating why the Department of the Interior stopped a major study of the health impacts of mountaintop removal and other surface mines. After researchers found much higher rates of cancer, birth defects and
Trump Administration Approves Two Coal Mining Projects in Utah
February 18, 2019
The Trump administration has approved two coal mining projects in southern Utah, including one near a national park. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the mining projects in a news release Thursday declaring “the war on coal is over”
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