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Federal Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Aquila’s Back Forty Project Wetland Permit, Michigan

January 11, 2019

Aquila Resources Inc. said the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin dismissed the federal lawsuit brought by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin challenging the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to

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Taseko’s Florence Copper Project Achieves Major Milestone, Arizona

January 11, 2019

Taseko Mines Limited has received all necessary state and federal operating permits, wellfield operations were commenced and injection and recovery systems have now been fully ramped up at its Florence Copper Project in central Arizona. Following an initial leaching period,

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Ascot to Acquire IDM Mining to Create a Leading Gold Development and Exploration Company

January 11, 2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. and IDM Mining Ltd. have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement where Ascot will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of IDM. The transaction will consolidate Ascot’s Premier Gold project and IDM’s Red Mountain

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Essar Back in the Picture at $2 Billion Nashwauk Mining and Processing Facility Project, Minnesota

January 10, 2019

Essar Global in India is back in the financial picture at the $2 billion iron ore mine and processing project in Nashwauk after paying off mountains of debt. The turn of events on Monday that brought the troubled Essar Global

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Buckingham Coal Receives Permit for Burr Oak 6 Extension Project, Ohio

January 10, 2019

Buckingham Coal, a subsidiary of Westmoreland Coal, has been issued a long-awaited Ohio mining permit to extend its Burr Oak No. 6 underground mine in Perry and Morgan counties, an Ohio state official said Tuesday. Brent Heavilin, permitting manager for

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Congress Trying Again to Ban Mining on Public Lands North of Yellowstone

January 10, 2019

A bill to permanently ban new mining claims on 30,000 acres of public lands in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park had a couple of near-misses in the last session of Congress, ultimately failing alongside a suite of other

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Kentucky Governor Bevin Asks TVA Not to Close Coal-fired Unit at Paradise Plant

January 10, 2019

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is asking the Tennessee Valley Authority not to close the remaining coal-fired unit at its Paradise electricity plant. Bevin’s office said the governor wrote to TVA CEO Bill Johnson on Friday, saying such a closure would

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Imperial Metals Suspends Operations at Mount Polley Mine, British Columbia

January 9, 2019

Imperial Metals Corporation said that due to declining copper prices, operations at the Mount Polley mine will be suspended. The suspension plan includes milling of low grade stockpiles which is targeted to extend operations to the end of May 2019.

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NOVAGOLD Receives Recognition for Corporate Excellence for Donlin Gold Project, Alaska

January 9, 2019

NOVAGOLD Resources has received the 2018 Platinum Award for Corporate Excellence for designing the Donlin Gold project, located in southwestern Alaska. The award, given by the American Exploration and Mining Association (AEMA), is in recognition of NOVAGOLD’s strong culture of

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DOE Issues Request for Proposal for Conceptual Designs that Advance Coal Plants of the Future

January 9, 2019

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has issued a request for proposal (RFP) seeking conceptual designs for coal-based power plants of the future, with an option to conduct preliminary front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) studies. This

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