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Stillwater Mining Company Donates Underground Loader to Montana Tech

March 31, 2016

Stillwater Mining Company has donated an underground loader, MTI LT270 LHD, to Montana Tech. The donation will go to the mining engineering department and will be delivered on Friday, April 1, the first day of the International Mining Competition on

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Comstock Mining Partners With American Mining for Mining Services

March 30, 2016

Comstock Mining Inc. has entered into an agreement with its strategic partner, American Mining and Tunneling, LLC and American Drilling Corp, LLC , (together the American Group) for $5 million in underground mine development, drilling and mining services. These services

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Graphite Companies Join Forces for Spherical Graphite Development in North America

March 30, 2016

Elcora Advanced Materials Corp, Northern Graphite Corporation, Nouveau Monde Mining Enterprises Inc., Metals of Africa Limited, Coulometrics LLC and a private industry partner are jointly acquiring a micronizing and spheronizing mill to produce spherical graphite (SPG), a critical step in

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Pershing Gold Raises $6 Million to Advance Relief Canyon Mine, Nevada

March 30, 2016

Pershing Gold Corporation has raised $6 million to advance the Relief Canyon project. Pershing Gold closed on a private placement with Donald Smith Value Fund, L.P. for the sale of 1,850,000 units, at a price of $3.25 per unit, for

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Closure Preparation Activities Underway at All 29 Georgia Power Coal Ash Ponds

March 30, 2016

Georgia Power has preparation activities currently underway to permanently close all of the company’s 29 ash ponds located at 11 coal-fired generation facilities across the state. Twelve ponds are scheduled for closure in less than two years; 16 are expected

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EPA Tries to Extract Wealth of Records from Stalled Pebble Mine, Alaska

March 30, 2016

A federal agency is pushing back in a court fight over the stalled Pebble mine, suggesting that the project’s troubles stem from falling gold and copper prices, not government actions. With development on hold, Pebble Limited Partnership’s effort has shifted

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Consumers Energy to Close Seven Coal-fired Power Plants in Michigan

March 30, 2016

Consumers Energy plans to close seven coal-fired plants in Michigan, US which have a combined power generation capacity of 1000MW, following more than 60 years of operation. The closure of the power plants, which are together called ‘Classic Seven’, comes

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White Rock Minerals Expands Its Tenement Package at Red Mountain Project, Alaska

March 30, 2016

White Rock Minerals Ltd has expanded its highly prospective tenement package at the Red Mountain Project in central Alaska containing polymetallic mineralization rich in zinc, silver, lead and gold. An additional 85 mining claims have been added to the original

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Centrus Signs $32.3 Million Uranium Centrifuge Technology Advancement Contract, Tennessee

March 29, 2016

Centrus Energy Corp. has signed a new U.S. Centrifuge Technology Advancement contract with UT-Battelle, LLC, as operator of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Under the terms of the agreement, Centrus will continue to perform engineering

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Explor Resources Signs MOU With First Nations for Its Kidd Township Property, Ontario

March 29, 2016

Explor Resources Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Matachewan First Nation of Matachewan, Ontario and the Mattagami First Nation of Gogama, Ontario, with respect to the Kidd Township Property. The MOU sets out the areas in

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