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Interior Deputy Sec. Bernhardt Joins Office of Surface Mining Employees to Mark 40th Anniversary
August 9, 2017
Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt joined employees and guests of the Department’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSRME) at a ceremony marking the 40th Anniversary of the enactment of the surface mining law that established OSMRE.
Interior Department Files Repeal of Obama-era Rule to Raise Mineral Royalties on Federal Lands
August 8, 2017
The Interior Department has filed a repeal of an Obama-era rule to raise mineral royalties on federal lands, the morning after President Donald Trump held a rally in the heart of coal country. Officials noted the royalties rule had “several
EPA Awards $3.85 Million Contract for Cleanup of Abandoned Uranium Mines at Navajo Nation
August 8, 2017
The federal government has awarded a $3.85 million contract for excavating contaminated soil and related road-improvement work associated with two abandoned uranium mines in two areas of the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico’s McKinley County. The Environmental Protection Agency’s
Montana DEQ Increases Reclamation Bond for Barrick’s Golden Sunlight Mine
August 8, 2017
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has issued a final bond determination increasing the reclamation bond for the Golden Sunlight Mine near Whitehall, according to a news release from DEQ. DEQ completed a five-year comprehensive bond review in coordination with
Robert Murray: Low-cost Electricity Will Bring Manufacturing to America
August 7, 2017
Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray said he met with President Trump on Thursday during the rally in Huntington, West Virginia. He told FOX Business that President Trump is “genuinely” interested in the working people and jobs. “To have manufacturing jobs
Yuma Mine Project in Arizona at Center of Fraud Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court
August 7, 2017
Long before Mark Twain defined a gold mine as a hole in the ground with a liar on the top, slippery salesmen have tried to peddle highly inflated mining claims to naive investors. On Friday (July 28), the Securities and
EPA Chief Pruitt Blasts Predecessor After Visiting Gold King Mine Spill Site, Colorado
August 7, 2017
Two years after the Las Animas River was turned a bright yellow from the Gold King Mine spill, Colorado politicians remain confident the federal Environmental Protection Agency will eventually address the contamination. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt toured the mine Friday
Safety First, Says Donkin Coal Mine Manager
August 7, 2017
Government officials say 10 compliance orders and 29 warnings issued to the Donkin Mine were mostly “non-imminent danger” violations. “No lives were ever at risk as a result of any of these violations,” said Scott Nauss, the senior director of
Redpath Mining Hiring Miners in Northern Ontario as Industry Begins to Heat Up
August 7, 2017
The mining sector in Northern Ontario seems to be heating up, with Redpath Mining looking to hire 20 miners to work in the region, and more than 50 positions are up for grabs globally. Redpath, which has its head office
Fatality at Blue Mountain Energy’s Deserado Coal Processing Facility, Colorado
August 7, 2017
A worker was killed at the Deserado Mine near Rangely on Wednesday night and his body was found under a two-ton trough at a production facility, according to federal officials. Jason Stevens, 32, of Vernal, Utah, was killed in the
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