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Nevada BLM Taking Comments on Newmont Mining’s Emigrant Mine Plan

January 3, 2019

The Bureau of Land Management, Tuscarora Field Office is seeking public review and comment until Jan. 20 on an environmental assessment for Newmont Mining Corp.’s Emigrant Mine plan of operations. The Emigrant Mine is 20 miles southwest of Elko, and

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Water Treatment Plant in Its Second Week of Gold King Mine Clean Up, Colorado

January 3, 2019

Despite the government shutdown, now in its second week, the water-treatment plant that cleans mine waste from the Gold King Mine will not cease operations, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Richard Mylott, a spokesman for the EPA based in

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Fired Subcontractor Accused of Stealing Items from Employees at CONSOL’s Harvey Mine, Pa.

January 3, 2019

A subcontractor who was fired from his job last week at Harvey Mine is accused of stealing numerous items from several lockers and parked cars as he left the Greene County mining complex. David Arthur Cummins Jr. was terminated from

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Coal Mining Industry Veteran Bob Saxton, Jr. Passes Away

January 1, 2019

Robert Everett Saxton, Jr. passed away suddenly on Thursday, December 27th in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. Bob was born on April 27, 1950 in Charleston, West Virginia and was the son of the late Robert Everett Saxton, Sr. and Jo

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Utah’s Mining Industry Among Top 10 in Country for Production in 2017

December 28, 2018

Utah’s mining industry put the state among the top 10 in the country for production in 2017, generating $3.3 billion from both industrial and precious metals. Aside from the copper, silver, gold and molybdenum, Utah is home to the world’s

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OceanaGold Files Permit to Expand Its Gold Mine in South Carolina

December 28, 2018

An Australian mining company says it has found more gold at a South Carolina mine and wants to expand operations. OceanaGold started digging for gold in Lancaster County two years ago. The State newspaper reports OceanaGold has filed in state

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Ohio EPA Clears Way for Oxford Coal’s New Mine

December 28, 2018

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued authorization to Oxford Coal “to discharge from the Oxford APV Area wastewater treatment works located at Perry County, Clayton Township, and discharging to UTT (Unnamed Tributary To) of Rush Creek and UTT of Buckeye

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Luzerne County Receives $88,700 from Active Mining Operations, Pa.

December 28, 2018

Luzerne County’s real estate tax is primarily based on the assessment of land and structures, but a small portion also comes from what’s beneath the surface of some parcels, analysis of assessor records shows. County officials started taxing mined coal,

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Work to Begin Next Year on Renovating Pocahontas Exhibition Mine, Virginia

December 28, 2018

Work on renovating the Pocahontas Exhibition Mine should start early next year with the goal of finishing in time for a May reopening. Rick Chitwood, the project manager with Thompson & Litton, a Tazewell engineering firm, said the company is

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Fatality at AK Coal’s North Fork Mine, Pennsylvania

December 27, 2018

A coal miner was killed early Thursday morning in an accident at a Somerset County mine, officials said. Nevin Joel Hostetter, 35, of Central City, was working at AK Coal’s North Fork Mine in Jenner Township when the accident happened

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