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Piedmont Lithium Launches Power for Life Foundation
January 31, 2023
Piedmont Lithium has launched Piedmont Lithium Foundation – Power for Life, Inc. Power for Life plans to focus on important charitable and educational initiatives to support the communities in which Piedmont expects to operate in North Carolina and Tennessee. Power
Coal Miner Injured in Rock Fall Accident at Alpha Metallurgical Resources’ Deep Mine 41, Virginia
January 30, 2023
Officials are investigating a coal mining accident that reportedly sent one person to the hospital. According to the Virginia Department of Energy, a piece of rock fell on a roof bolting machine operator as he was beginning his shift Friday
Two Fatalities at Piedmont Mining’s Georgia Mine
January 30, 2023
Two employees of Piedmont Mining, LLC died in an accident at a mining location in Warren County. According to the Warren County Coroner’s Office, the victims were 24-year-old Charquavian Bloodsaw and 25-year-old Damian Ashberry, both from Tennille, Georgia, in Washington
Biden Admin Hobbles Its Own Green Ambitions By Blocking Massive Mining Project
January 30, 2023
The Biden administration is stymieing its own “green” energy efforts after the Interior Department announced the blocking of mining in parts of Northeast Minnesota for the next 20 years. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland signed Public Land Order 7917,
MSHA Issues Safety Alert About Highwalls
January 30, 2023
According to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), since 2012, falling rocks and materials from hazardous highwalls have resulted in nine mining fatalities and 27 serious injuries. MSHA recommends the following best practices to avoid this type of accident: •
EPA Proposes Denying Coal Ash Disposal at Six Plants
January 30, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed determinations to deny six coal plants’ requests to continue disposing coal ash into unlined surface impoundments. Specifically, EPA cited inadequate groundwater monitoring networks; failure to prove groundwater is monitored to detect and
DOI Signs Order Banning to Mineral Leasing for 20 Years in Minnesota
January 27, 2023
The Biden administration will protect some 225,000 new acres in a northeastern Minnesota wilderness area from mineral leasing, Interior Department officials confirmed on a call with reporters Thursday. The protections will be effective for 20 years, officials said, and will
NMA Issues Statement on DOI Banning Mineral Leases in Minnesota
January 27, 2023
Rich Nolan, President and CEO of the National Mining Association (NMA), issued the following statement on the Department of Interior’s Public Land Order withdrawing hundreds of thousands of acres of minerals-rich land in Minnesota. “It’s difficult to square the announcement of
New Gold Grows Its Fleet of Sandvik Electric Loaders at Its New Afton Mine, Canada
January 27, 2023
New Gold has ordered four more Sandvik LH518B battery-electric loaders for its New Afton mine in British Columbia. The new battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) will join the first-ever Sandvik LH518B, which New Afton trialed in late 2020 before purchasing in February
Trevali Mining Names FTI Consulting Canada as Receiver Over Certain Caribou Mine Assets
January 27, 2023
Trevali Mining Corporation, in accordance with an order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, said the court appointed FTI Consulting Canada Inc. as receiver, without security, of all the assets, undertakings and property of Trevali Mining. Trevali is the
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