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Dominion Diamond to Proceed with Development of Jay Project, Canada

July 11, 2016

Dominion Diamond Corporation will proceed with the development of the Jay Project based on the positive results of a feasibility study (FS) and subsequent revised project schedule and life-of-mine plan. The Jay Project is located within the Buffer Zone Joint

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MGX Minerals Acquires Pilot Plant for Its Driftwood Creek Magnesium Project, British Columbia

July 11, 2016

MGX Minerals Inc. has acquired, on a trial basis with an option to purchase, a full-scale pilot plant mill from CMC Metals Ltd. for its Driftwood Creek Magnesium Project. The mill equipment includes a jaw crusher, ball mill, flotation cells,

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GE’s Fairchild Mining Equipment Plant in Glen Lyn, Virginia to Close

July 11, 2016

Another manufacturing facility in the area dependent on the coal mining industry is closing. GE’s Fairchild Mining Equipment plant in Glen Lyn, Va. will close within six to 12 months, the company said Wednesday, impacting 59 employees. Cathy Heiman, communications

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MSHA Awards $8.4 Million in Mine Safety Training Grants

July 11, 2016

The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training will receive more than $524,000 in federal funds for training courses aimed at reducing mining accidents, injuries and illnesses. The Mine Safety and Health Administration announced the grants Wednesday. MSHA

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Saint Jean Carbon Acquires Whabouchi Lithium Project, Quebec

July 11, 2016

Saint Jean Carbon Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire the Whabouchi Lithium Project located in the James Bay region of Quebec. The property lies approximately 45 kilometers southeast of the village of Nemaska which is linked by a

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Dos Republicas Receives Wastewater Discharge Permit and Expansion Approval for Its Coal Mine, Texas

July 11, 2016

After almost two years of hearings, protests and legal maneuvers, state environmental regulators have approved a wastewater permit that will allow the expansion of a controversial coal mine two hours southwest of San Antonio. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality,

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WestKam Gold to Begin Bulk Sample Program at Bonaparte Project, British Columbia

July 8, 2016

WestKam Gold Corp. has submitted the required documents to initiate the 10,000 tonne bulk sample program to the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) and with their approval, work has begun in preparation of advancing the decline towards

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Dominion Diamond’s Ekati Diamond Mine Process Plant Repairs to Take Three Months, Cost C$25 Million

July 8, 2016

Dominion Diamond Corporation has reported that after further review of the repairs required at the Ekati Diamond Mine process plant from the fire that occurred on June 23rd, it continues to estimate that repairs will take approximately three months from

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BLM Weighs Energy Fuels’ Daneros Uranium Mine Expansion, Utah

July 8, 2016

A now idled uranium mine could increase its physical footprint by more than tenfold under a proposed expansion under review by the Bureau of Land Management. The Daneros Uranium Mine in southeast Utah, once called the Denison Mine, would supply

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Decline in Mining Sector Steepest in Wyoming’s History

July 8, 2016

Wyoming lost nearly 8,700 jobs from the first quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016, according to a new report from the state’s Economic Analysis Division. Of those, about 5,500 were in the mining and logging industries, and

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