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Fatality at Starcore’s San Martin Gold-Silver Mine in Queretaro, Mexico

June 23, 2016

Starcore International Mines Ltd. has reported the fatality of an employee at its San Martin Mine in Queretaro, Mexico. “We are deeply saddened over the loss of our colleague, an experienced underground miner at our San Martin Mine. Work-related losses

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NMA Supports Good Samaritan Bill to Accelerate Clean Up of Legacy Mines

June 23, 2016

The National Mining Association (NMA) has supported the “Locatable Minerals Claim Location and Maintenance Fees Act,” a bill by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) scheduled for mark up this week by the House Natural Resources Committee. “Subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn’s legislation,

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Arch Coal’s Thunder Basin Honored with Top Safety and Reclamation Awards in Wyoming

June 23, 2016

Arch Coal, Inc.‘s Thunder Basin Coal Company subsidiary has earned top honors for reclamation excellence from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and for surface mine safety from the State Mine Inspector at the annual Wyoming Mining Association Convention held

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GKN Land Systems Launches Revamped Website

June 23, 2016

GKN Land Systems has launched a new website. Easier to navigate and more user friendly than ever before, the site includes all of the detailed product information you’ve come to expect. Focusing on products, visitors to the site can now

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New Dimension Resources Expands Land Position at Savant Lake Gold Project, Northwestern Ontario

June 22, 2016

New Dimension Resources Ltd. has significantly expanded the company’s Savant Lake gold property via strategic staking of 104.3 square kilometers of contiguous claims. The expanded claim position represents a 125 percent increase to the now 187.8 square kilometer property. The

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Idaho and Utah to Build World’s First Modular Nuclear Reactors

June 22, 2016

Power companies in Idaho and Utah announced Sunday that they’re teaming up to build the first small modular nuclear reactors in the world that will provide electricity to nine Western states. The reactors would replace 320 megawatts of electricity generated

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Kennecott Wins Clean Air Lawsuit Over Its Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah

June 22, 2016

A federal judge has ruled in favor of Kennecott in a lawsuit over pollution at its Bingham Canyon Mine. A coalition of environmental groups including the Sierra Club, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, Utah Moms for Clean Air and

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BLM Reviewing Utah Utility Corridor for What Could Be Nation’s First Commercial Oil Shale Mine

June 22, 2016

A proposed oil-shale mine and processing plant would generate up to 23 million tons of spent shale, yet Enefit American Oil has not revealed how it intends to safely manage this waste, which would be in a chemically unstable state,

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NioCorp and IBC Advanced Alloys Enter Joint Agreement for Scandium Alloy Applications Development

June 22, 2016

NioCorp Developments Ltd. and IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. have entered into a joint development agreement to investigate and develop applications for scandium-containing alloys for multiple downstream markets. Scandium is a transition metal that can provide many powerful benefits to industries

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Colorado School of Mines, MICROMINE Partner to Support Geology & Geological Engineering Department

June 22, 2016

Continuing to grow globally, MICROMINE’s Academic Licence Scheme (ALS) adds another world class school to the list of partners in signing an agreement with Colorado School of Mines (Mines) Geology and Geological Engineering Department. MICROMINE’s Academic Licence Scheme (ALS) provides

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