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Fatality in Rock Fall at CONSOL’s Enlow Fork Mine, Pennsylvania
September 3, 2019
A 25-year-old worker was killed when a long wall of coal collapsed on top of him in the Enlow Fork Mine in Washington County Thursday night. The worker was identified as Tanner Lee McFarland of Washington, Pa., according to the
Epiroc USA Launches Mining and Construction Blog
September 3, 2019
Epiroc, a leading productivity partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, has introduced the Mining and Construction USA blog, a valuable new information hub for the two industries. Visitors will discover vibrant content designed to help their operations increase productivity,
Powder River Basin Resource Council Files Complaint Against Contura
September 3, 2019
The Resource Council filed the complaint because the mines have been shut down for more than 30 days without filing the necessary updates to either Contura’s annual mine report or to the company’s mining and reclamation plans, which are required
Court Rules Blackjewel Can Sell Wyoming and W. Va. Mines Separately
September 3, 2019
A U.S. bankruptcy court has ruled that a coal company may sell two large Wyoming mines separately from one in West Virginia. Bristol, Tennessee-based Contura Energy originally sought to buy all three mines from Milton, West Virginia-based Blackjewel in a
U.S. Department of Labor to Seek Data on Protecting Miners From Exposure to Quartz
September 3, 2019
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that it will publish a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register seeking data on economically and technologically feasible methods to protect miners’ health from exposure
Cypress Development Achieves Processing Milestone at Clayton Valley Lithium Project, Nevada
August 30, 2019
Cypress Development Corp. has successfully completed slurry rheology and filtration studies integral to the prefeasibility study (PFS) of the company’s Clayton Valley Lithium Project. The results come after months of testing by laboratories and detailed review with consultants and equipment
Sasol Reaches Beneficial Operation at Lake Charles Ethane Cracker Facility, Louisiana
August 30, 2019
Sasol said its world-scale U.S. Ethane Cracker reached beneficial operation on August 27, 2019. Sasol’s new Cracker, the heart of its Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP), is the third and most significant of the seven LCCP facilities to come online
BLM Approves Crystal Peak Minerals’ Sevier Playa Potash Mine, Utah
August 29, 2019
Facing heightened pressure from the Trump administration to bolster critical mineral mining operations on American soil, the U.S. government has approved a mining project at the end point of a river in central Utah to extract a mineral commonly used
Montana Environmental Officials Approves Expansion of Navajo Nation’s Spring Creek Coal Mine
August 29, 2019
Montana environmental officials on Tuesday proposed approval of a major expansion of the state’s largest coal mine after it was recently sold through a bankruptcy auction to a company controlled by the Navajo Nation. The 72-million-ton (65-million-metric-ton) expansion of the
Court Blocks Sale of Blackjewel’s Wyoming Coal Mines
August 29, 2019
Bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel called the sale of its two idling Wyoming coal mines “dead,” according to a statement made by a key creditor in court documents Tuesday. The announcement casts another layer of doubt over the chance Campbell County’s
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