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Western Potash Holds Technical Review Meeting for Its Milestone Pilot Project, Saskatchewan
January 26, 2017
Western Potash Corp. organized a technical review meeting in Beijing on January 19th, 2017, with a focus on the applied Horizontal Selective Mining method to be used at its Milestone Pilot Project. The Milestone Pilot Project’s full detailed engineering was
Powder River Basin Mines Produced 283 Million Tons of Coal Last Year
January 25, 2017
Powder River Basin miners dug 283 million tons of the black rock that fuels the nation’s electricity from the soil last year. The entire state produced 293 million tons of coal in 2016, according to the latest federal data. State
Appeals Court Affirms Conviction of Coal CEO Blankenship for Upper Big Branch Explosion
January 25, 2017
A federal appeals court has affirmed the conviction of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship in connection with the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down
Mine Cleanup Concerns Lead Objections to Peabody Energy’s Bankruptcy Plan
January 25, 2017
Indiana and several environmental groups are objecting to a plan by St. Louis-based Peabody Energy Corp. to exit its $8 billion Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing concerns over how the company will cover about $1 billion in future mine cleanup costs.
U.S. Senator Heller and Congressman Amodei to Introduce Key Mining Legislation
January 25, 2017
United States Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) recently teamed with Congressman Mark Amodei (R-NV) to introduce key mining legislation, S.145, to more efficiently develop domestic sources of minerals in Nevada and across the country. After introducing the legislation, both members released
How Much Global Warming Did Obama’s Regulations Avert? None
January 25, 2017
President Obama pushed $457 billion worth of regulations to cut U.S. carbon dioxide emissions in an effort to make the fight against global warming a major part of his presidential legacy. In 2008, then President-elect Obama said his victory marked
Trump to Eliminate Obama Regs in ‘America First’ Energy Plan
January 25, 2017
President Donald Trump was sworn in at noon Friday, and within seconds the White House website was completely revamped, replacing the webpage on “climate change” with one that emphasized “vast untapped domestic energy reserves.” The new “America First Energy Plan”
Tri-State Receives Go-ahead for Colowyo Coal Mine Expansion, Colorado
January 25, 2017
The federal government has approved a plan that allows for coal mining to continue for the long term at the Colowyo Mine between Meeker and Craig. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s assistant secretary for land and minerals management has
Immediately After Inauguration, Trump Publishes Energy Policy to Revive Coal Industry
January 25, 2017
Less than an hour after the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the new administration outlined on the White House website its energy policy, which aims to focus on gas and oil, and reviving the coal industry. It also indicates
Mesa Exploration Acquires the Noah Uranium Project, Utah
January 24, 2017
Mesa Exploration Corp. has acquired, from the State of Utah, a mineral lease comprising 1,280 acres in the Lisbon Valley Mining District. Uranium deposits in the district are hosted in the Morrison and Chinle formation, both occur on the project.
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