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MSHA Clarifies Escapeway Requirements for Underground Mines
August 6, 2019
In response to recent questions from the mining community, the Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a program policy letter intended to clarify requirements for providing emergency escapeways for underground metal and nonmetal miners. In a notice published in
Taseko Seeks Injunction that Could Set Stage for Showdown with First Nation, B.C.
August 6, 2019
Lawyers for a First Nation and a B.C. mining company will go head-to-head in a courtroom later this month, with both sides asking the court to intervene in their fight over a controversial mining project that the First Nation calls
EPA Selects San Mateo Creek Uranium Basin for Targeted Clean Up Action
August 6, 2019
The EPA has added a New Mexico uranium mining basin to a list of sites “targeted for immediate, intense action.” The agency added the San Mateo Creek Basin site, part of the Grants Mining District, to the Administrator’s “Superfund Emphasis
B.C. Premier Responds to Senate Coalition’s Concerns Over Mining Contamination
August 6, 2019
British Columbia Premier John Horgan pledged to treat responsible natural resource development as a priority in a July 17 letter to congressional leaders who recently expressed unified concerns about upstream mining contaminants flowing into shared watersheds south of the Canadian
Arch Coal Signs Three-Year Deal with Kentucky Utilities for Its Thunder Mine
August 6, 2019
Arch Coal signed a three-year deal to supply at least 1.35 million st of Powder River Basin coal to Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities’ Trimble County Generation Station along the Ohio River, according to a regulatory filing made
Nevada Gold Mines Hosts 33rd Annual Safety Olympiad
August 6, 2019
Emergency Response Teams and volunteers arrived at the Elko Convention Center at 4:30 Tuesday morning, the sounds of their gear clinking, combining with the excited chatter of more than 100 volunteers and participants. Wearing matching team shirts, competitors talked to
Kentucky Coal Miners Call on Trump for Support Amid Ongoing Payment Showdown
August 6, 2019
You can’t miss it on the side of the highway. It’s an encampment of pop-up tents congregated on and around railway tracks, tucked away in a narrow valley near Cumberland, Kentucky. A cornhole game lies in the middle of the
Laid-off Miners Who are Owed Paychecks File Complaints with Kentucky Labor Cabinet
August 6, 2019
At least 400 Kentucky miners have filed complaints with the Kentucky Labor Cabinet stating they haven’t been paid by Blackjewel LLC after the company closed its mines. The coal company filed for bankruptcy July 16, according to court documents, and
Fatality from Methane Gas Explosion at Paradise Coal Mine No. 9, Kentucky
August 5, 2019
Officials from the Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet (EEC), including Secretary Charles Snavely and Department for Natural Resources Commissioner John Small are at Paradise Mine No. 9 in Bremen, Kentucky where an accident occurred involving a 62-year-old welder and iron
Hudbay Minerals to Appeal Federal Court Ruling Stopping Rosemont Mine, Arizona
August 5, 2019
The Canadian mining company proposing to build an open-pit copper mine in the Santa Rita Mountains said Thursday that it will appeal a federal judge’s ruling blocking the mine’s construction. The ruling stopping the Rosemont Mine drew sharp criticism from
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