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New Coal Mines Opening to Fuel U.S. Steel Industry

May 1, 2017

A new coal mine is opening up in western Pennsylvania, signaling a small reversal of fortune for the beleaguered coal industry. The Acosta Deep coal mine will create 70 to 100 direct full-time jobs and another 500 indirect jobs, according

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Pershing Gold Completes Environmental Permitting Process for Relief Canyon Mine, Nevada

May 1, 2017

Pershing Gold Corporation has successfully completed the environmental permitting process and has secured all of the permits necessary to restart and expand the Relief Canyon Mine. The permits fully authorize Pershing Gold to begin mining and heap leach processing of

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NioCorp Files Permit Application with USACE for Its Elk Creek Project Waterline, Nebraska

May 1, 2017

NioCorp Developments Ltd. has submitted a pre-construction notification (PCN) permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for its proposed waterline from its Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project to the Missouri River. The PCN filed by NioCorp with

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Golden Sunlight Readies to Develop New Underground Apex Gold Mine, Montana

April 28, 2017

A projected gold mine planned to open north of Whitehall in 2018 will not likely create new jobs, according to Golden Sunlight Mine General Manager Dan Banghart. That’s because the new mine will be entirely underground, which requires less manpower,

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Barkerville Gold Mines Receives Permits to Begin Development, Mining at Bonanza Ledge Mine, B.C.

April 28, 2017

Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. has successfully completed the permit amendment process required by the Mines Act (British Columbia), and has received the required permits to begin the development and mining of the Bonanza Ledge Deposit on Barkerville Mountain near Wells,

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Encanto Potash Reaches Agreement With First Nations to Develop Muskowekwan Potash Property, Canada

April 28, 2017

Encanto Potash Corp. has received an Order in Council P.C. 2017-258 was issued on March 24, 2017 by the Governor in Council, ending a multi-year process that has culminated in the successful conclusion of the First Nations Commercial and Industrial

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Corsa Coal to Open Acosta Coal Mine in June in Somerset County, Pennsylvania

April 28, 2017

Corsa Coal Corp. has scheduled the grand opening ceremony of its Acosta Coal Mine in Somerset County for June 8, the Canonsburg-based company announced Wednesday. The company is preparing a staging area by digging a football field-sized hole 120 feet

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Copper Fox Commences Permitting Process on Van Dyke Oxide Copper Deposit, Arizona

April 28, 2017

Copper Fox Metals Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary Desert Fox Van Dyke Co. has retained NV5, Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona to commence preparation of the documentation to obtain the permits required to complete a five well pilot scale in-situ

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Cat® Proximity Awareness Lets Machines “Talk” in Real Time

April 27, 2017

Caterpillar recently launched an enhanced safety system featuring the latest peer-to-peer communications technology to help surface mines run safer, more productive operations. The latest iteration of Cat® Proximity Awareness helps prevent collisions in real time by letting light vehicles and

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State of Alaska Approves Northern Dynasty’s Pebble Project Land Use Permit

April 27, 2017

Northern Dynasty Minerals’ 100 percent owned U.S. subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership has received notice of approval of a miscellaneous land use permit (MLUP) from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for its ongoing activities at the Pebble Project in

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