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Nuclear and Uranium Mining Industries Hope for Trump Bailout

October 10, 2019

A plea from uranium mining companies and nuclear power plant operators for tax breaks and other federal financial boosts is going before President Donald Trump, as his administration studies reviving the U.S. uranium industry in the name of national security.

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Coal Miners Laid Off After Cambrian Coal Sells Its Premiere Elkhorn Mine, Kentucky

October 10, 2019

Numerous miners are out of a job in Pike County, our sister station WYMT reports. WYMT learned that the miners were laid off Monday after Cambrian Coal sold its mines to Pristine Clean Energy. Company officials would not provide the

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NioCorp’s Proposed Niobium Mine Qualifies for $200M in Nebraska Tax Incentives

October 10, 2019

The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare heat-resistant element says the project qualified for up to $200 million in state tax incentives. NioCorp Developments said Tuesday it signed a contract with Nebraska for

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Epiroc Donates Drill Rig to Missouri S&T Experimental Mine

October 10, 2019

Epiroc donated a FlexiROC T20 R drill rig and consumables to the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) engineering program. The FlexiROC T20 R replaces outdated equipment while joining a fleet of other equipment at the school’s Experimental

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Westwater Resources Enters Agreement to Purchase Natural Flake Graphite for Coosa Project, Alabama

October 9, 2019

Westwater Resources has entered into a long-term purchase agreement to procure high-purity, natural flake graphite concentrate for its planned Advanced Battery Materials Processing Facility at the Coosa Graphite Project in Alabama. Over the past year, Westwater Resources has tested graphite

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Kootenay Completes Surface Access Agreement for Copalito Silver-Gold Project, Mexico

October 9, 2019

Kootenay Silver has signed a surface access agreement with the local Ejido at the Copalito Project located in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico. The agreement allows Kootenay full surface access to the land that covers the gold and silver epithermal

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Azarga Uranium Progresses Towards Final EPA Permits for Dewey Burdock Project, South Dakota

October 9, 2019

Azarga Uranium has received notice that the United States Environmental Protection Agency has issued revised draft permits for the company’s Dewey Burdock In-Situ Recovery Uranium Project. The revised draft permits incorporate comments submitted to the EPA on the original draft

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Pennsylvania Joins the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

October 9, 2019

Pennsylvania, the heart of the U.S. shale-gas boom and one of the biggest coal-producing states, is joining a carbon market. Governor Tom Wolf on Oct. 3 ordered state environmental regulators to come up with a plan by July 31 to

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Oct. 17: MSHA Public Meeting on Request for Information on Quartz Exposure

October 8, 2019

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a public meeting on a Request for Information on ways to monitor and regulate miner exposure to quartz — the most common form of respirable crystalline silica. According to a notice published

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House Bill 1557 Signed Into Law, Supports Pennsylvania’s Coal Jobs

October 8, 2019

While remaining a major employer in Pennsylvania, the coal industry can be a difficult line of work due to the economy and fluctuations in the markets. To that end, state Rep. Matt Gabler, R-Clearfield/Elk, has announced that his House Bill

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