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Angkor Gold Participates in Roundtable Discussion With Canadian Minister of Natural Resources
March 16, 2017
Angkor Gold Corp. participated in a roundtable discussion with the Hon. Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources in Toronto, Ontario, during the PDAC Convention. The objective of this roundtable was to discuss the competiveness challenges facing the industry, and
Coal Mines Bank on Steel Industry’s Need for Metallurgical Coal
March 15, 2017
Contractors for Corsa Coal Corp. are busy digging a hole larger than a football field in Somerset County. Their goal is the Middle Kittanning seam — buried about 120 feet deep. The Canonsburg-based company is on schedule to open its
Montana Considers Keeping Coal-fired Power Plant Afloat with Loans
March 15, 2017
Montana lawmakers are considering propping up a troubled coal-fired power plant by offering low-interest loans of up to $10 million a year from the state’s $1 billion coal tax trust fund to one of the plant’s owners. Talen Energy, which
World Leaders Conspire to Keep Trump in Paris Climate Agreement
March 15, 2017
This group is pushing a plan to weaken Obama’s climate pledge that could include subsidies to energy companies that use carbon capture and storage technology to capture emissions from coal and natural gas power plants. White House chief strategist Steve
Nevada Governor Sandoval Highlights Mining in State of the State Address
March 15, 2017
In January, Governor Brian Sandoval stood before the Nevada Legislature to deliver his final State of the State speech. It was an opportunity for a successful governor to tout his achievements. Those triumphs include recruiting more than 200 companies to
Coal Industry Urges Trump to Protect Fossil Fuel Research
March 15, 2017
A group of coal-mining firms, labor unions and energy-industry associations is asking the Trump administration to spare a critical research office from budget cuts this year. In a letter to President Trump released on Monday, the groups said the White
President Trump Readies Executive Order Targeting EPA Climate Rules
March 15, 2017
The White House will issue an executive order next week to “revise or rescind” a regulation that’s the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s global warming agenda. President Donald Trump will also order the Department of Justice to stop defending the
Lundin Files to Amend Permit to Advance Tunnel Construction at Eagle East Mine, Michigan
March 15, 2017
Michigan’s first new mine in decades has begun a multi-year tunneling project to reach a second ore deposit. Toronto-based Lundin Mining Corp. has requested the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality amend Eagle Mine’s Part 632 mining permit to allow the
Miners Go on Strike at Hecla’s Lucky Friday Mine, Idaho
March 15, 2017
As of Monday morning, miners at the Lucky Friday mine are on strike due to a failure to come to terms with a collective bargaining agreement that they say they’ve been trying to reach for the last year. “They’re basically
Hard Creek Nickel Participates in Carbon Sequestration Study
March 14, 2017
Hard Creek Nickel Corp. will be partnering with University of British Columbia. They have been approved for a $25,000 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Engage grant to study the carbon sequestration properties of Turnagain ultramafic rocks. PhD student
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