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Scott Pruitt to Withdraw Both Clean Power Plan and Waters of the United States Rule

February 24, 2017

In his first interview as EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt made one thing very clear: the Clean Power Plan, the signature climate regulation of the Obama administration, is not long for this world. Pruitt told the Wall Street Journal on Friday

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Trump’s Executive Orders Expected to Dismantle Obama’s Climate Action Plan

February 24, 2017

President Donald Trump will order the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to begin dismantling a regulation central to former President Barack Obama’s plan to fight global warming. A source briefed on the matter told The Washington Post one of the orders

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Ternium to Acquire thyssenkrupp AG’s Subsidiary CSA Siderurgica for $1.38 Billion, Alabama

February 23, 2017

Ternium S.A. has entered into a definitive agreement with thyssenkrupp AG (tkAG) to acquire a 100 percent ownership interest in thyssenkrupp Slab International B.V. (tkSI) and its wholly-owned subsidiary CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico Ltda. (CSA). In addition, tkAG will assign

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Benton and Nordmin Completes Environmental Impact Update at Cape Ray Gold Project, Canada

February 23, 2017

Benton Resources Inc. and its joint venture partner Nordmin Engineering Ltd. have advanced with the environmental assessment (EA) process for its Cape Ray Gold Project located in Southwestern Newfoundland approximately 20 kilometers northeast of Port aux Basques. Provincially, a project

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Pilot Gold’s Latest Acquisition, Black Pine Oxide Gold Project Shows Exceptional Potential, Idaho

February 23, 2017

Pilot Gold Inc.‘s latest acquisition, Black Pine Project in southeastern Idaho shows exceptional potential.  Black Pine is a past-producing heap leach gold mine that contains a large, shallow, oxidized, district scale Carlin-style gold system, similar in nature and target size

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Mining Cleantech Challenge Calls for Applications for Market-driven Showcase on April 12

February 23, 2017

The Colorado Cleantech Industries Association (CCIA) is now accepting applications for the Mining Cleantech Challenge (MCC), a market-driven showcase to be held in Denver, Colorado on April 12, 2017. On the heels of its successful Oil & Gas Cleantech Challenge,

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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Addresses EPA Staff

February 23, 2017

U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt addressed EPA employees in the agency’s historic Rachel Carson Green Room. Introducing the 14th administrator, “Our new administrator has not only a record for public service, but also business experience that will serve him well

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Mosaic Receives Approval to Extend Mining Operations at Wingate East, Florida

February 22, 2017

After three days of fierce opposition from many community members in rural Manatee County, the County’s Board of Commissioners approved, in a 5-2 vote, the request by the Mosaic Company to extend mining operations in a property known as Wingate

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Six Injured in Accident at ArcelorMittal’s Coal Mine, W. Va.

February 22, 2017

Inspectors with the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Heath, Safety and Training are investigating an accident at a McDowell County mine which injured six people. The West Virginia Department of Commerce has confirmed that there was an incident Thursday at

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U.S. Coal Mines are Opening in a Year of Cautious Optimism

February 22, 2017

Add Corsa Coal Corp. to the short list of U.S. coal producers doing something that’s become a bit of a rarity these days: opening mines. The Canonsburg, Pennsylvania-based company will start a new operation in Pennsylvania as early as May.

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