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Workers Accept New Collective Agreement at Cameco’s Port Hope Conversion Facility, Canada
August 2, 2016
Unionized employees at Cameco’s Port Hope conversion facility have voted to accept a new collective agreement. Approximately 230 employees, represented by United Steelworkers locals 13173 and 8562, have agreed to a three-year contract that includes a seven percent wage increase
Contura Energy Completes Acquisition of Alpha Natural Resources’ Core Coal Assets
August 1, 2016
Contura Energy, Inc. has acquired certain core coal assets from Alpha Natural Resources in connection with Alpha’s successful restructuring. Formed and majority-owned by a group of Alpha’s first lien lenders, Contura is a well-capitalized entity, created to acquire and operate
Alpha Natural Resources Emerges from Bankruptcy
August 1, 2016
Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) has successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The reorganized company is a smaller, privately held company operating 18 mines and eight preparation plants in West Virginia and Kentucky. “By completing this restructuring, ANR emerges as
EIA: Coal-fired Generating Capacity Declines 15% Since 2011
August 1, 2016
EIA recently released preliminary data from its annual survey of electric generators (EIA-860), which provides the electric generating capacity of all units with a capacity of 1 megawatt (MW) or greater. The most important trends over the past few years
Argonaut Gold Receives Favorable Ruling in Federal Lawsuit Relating to San Antonio Permit, Mexico
August 1, 2016
The federal court of appeals has issued a favorable ruling regarding Argonaut Gold Inc.‘s federal lawsuit arising from the denial of the environmental impact assessment (Manifiesto de Impacto or MIA) for its San Antonio project in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
August 17: National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver Celebrates 40 Years, W. Va.
July 29, 2016
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced that the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver, W.Va., will mark its 40th anniversary in August 2016. To commemorate the anniversary, MSHA will host a celebration at the academy
Trump Digs Coal, Vice Presidential Nominee Pence Tells Pennsylvania Delegates
July 29, 2016
Mere hours after formally accepting the Republican Party’s vice presidential nomination, Mike Pence took time from a jam-packed schedule on Thursday morning to visit with the delegates from what could be a key swing state in this year’s general election.
We’ll Put Coal Miners Back to Work, Trump Says at Scranton Appearance, Pa.
July 29, 2016
Less than 140 miles north of Philadelphia, where the Democratic Party is in the midst of its national convention, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared before 3,000 supporters at a rally in Scranton. This former coal mining town might be
Republicans Take Aim at Obama’s Climate Change Initiatives
July 29, 2016
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for years only half-jokingly insisted that global warming was “a hoax invented by the Chinese” aimed at weakening the U.S. economy through tough anti-pollution rules on utilities and manufacturers. Trump has voiced serious doubts about
Wyoming Partners with Japan Coal Energy Center to Research Clean Coal Technologies
July 29, 2016
Gov. Matt Mead has signed a cooperation agreement between Wyoming and a consortium of Japanese companies to research clean-coal technology. Mead and Osamu Tsukamoto, president of Japan Coal Energy Center (JCOAL), executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) yesterday committing to
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