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Newcrest Acquires 70% Stake in Imperial’s Red Chris Mine for $804 Million, Canada

August 16, 2019

Imperial Metals Corporation has closed on the sale of 70 percent interest in its Red Chris copper and gold mine in British Columbia, Canada to Newcrest Mining Limited for a final purchase price of US$804 million. The company and Newcrest

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Gensource Potash Enters JV to Develop Maverick Project, Canada

August 16, 2019

Gensource Potash Corporation has entered into non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOU) to form a joint venture company (JVCo) to develop the Maverick Project within the Vanguard Area. JVCo will construct, own and operate the potash production facility. The Vanguard Area

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Colorado School of Mines Joins Liaison’s EngineeringCAS™ for Graduate Engineering Programs

August 16, 2019

Liaison International, the leader in higher education admissions management and enrollment marketing solutions, said that the school with the world’s top-ranked mining engineering program — Colorado School of Mines (Mines) — has joined EngineeringCAS™, the Centralized Application Service (CAS™) for

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Wyoming Mines Remain Idle as Contura Energy Tries to Secure Agreement with Feds

August 15, 2019

Coal giant Contura Energy has yet to complete the purchase of two Wyoming mines from bankrupt operator Blackjewel, according to a quarterly report released Wednesday. Despite promising to “reinstate immediately” 500 jobs at the idling Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr

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August 15: Blackhawk Mining to Hold Job Fair to Fill Job Openings, W. Va

August 15, 2019

A coal company will be hosting a job fair Thursday in Boone County, West Virginia. Blackhawk Mining, LLC has job openings for various positions in the company. Those positions include, but are not limited to: section foreman, electrician, equipment operator,

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Fully Permitted Back Forty Mine Project Still Faces Legal Hurdles, Michigan

August 15, 2019

Despite a major legal victory in May, another challenge has prompted additional hearings on the Back Forty Project. Testimony on the potential impact of the mine on the Menominee River and surrounding areas is being conducted in Lansing this week,

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DOE Officials to Review Wyoming Carbon Capture Efforts

August 15, 2019

A top ranking Department of Energy official will review the state of Wyoming’s clean-coal research efforts this month. The state of Wyoming has spent millions of dollars looking at ways to save its coal industry.  One of them is a

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Trump’s Top Energy Regulator Neil Chatterjee Invites Execs to Coal Country

August 15, 2019

President Donald Trump’s chief energy regulator has invited a group of environmentalists, energy executives and other industry leaders to the heart of Coal Country for a summit on “the future of American energy.” Neil Chatterjee, the Republican chairman of the

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More Layoffs at JRL Mining Leaves More Coal Miners Without Jobs

August 15, 2019

An early morning meeting left more than 50 JRL coal miners without jobs in Harlan County. “I knew I was going to get it, but I wasn’t ready for it. Not this soon,” said laid-off miner Matt Clay. Miners tell

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Protesting Miners Reflect on Blackjewel Saga

August 15, 2019

Since the beginning of the Blackjewel saga on July 1, we showed many stories highlighting the impact the bankruptcy had on miners and their families. But five miners may have had a large impact on Blackjewel itself. “It’s something for

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