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West Virginia Coal Association Praises Trump Power Plan

August 23, 2018

The West Virginia Coal Association is praising President Donald Trump for issuing a new domestic energy plan that will replace the Obama-era “clean power plan” that would have decimated the American coal industry. “The good news just keeps on coming

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President Trump Touts Support from Coal Miners at West Virginia Rally

August 23, 2018

Mere hours after President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman was convicted on eight charges and his former personal attorney sought to implicate him in a guilty plea for violating campaign finance laws, Trump took the stage at a campaign rally

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Cleveland-Cliffs’ Nashwauk Land Acquisition Upheld in Court Ruling, Minnesota

August 22, 2018

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. said that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware reaffirmed the 2017 Cliffs acquisition of land located in Nashwauk, Minnesota. The ruling resolved the land dispute in favor of Cliffs and Glacier Park Iron Ore

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Court Battles Persists Over Hudbay’s Rosemont Mine, Arizona

August 21, 2018

The proposed Rosemont Mine, a massive, open-pit copper operation in the Santa Rita Mountains southeast of Tucson, will be back in court this fall as opponents challenge permits for the project, the latest twist in an 11-year battle. Supporters say

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Montana Coal Mines See Three-Million-Ton Upturn

August 21, 2018

Montana coal mining was on a 3-million-ton upturn through the first half of the year, but could fade as Colstrip Power Plant problems stretch into a second month. Coal production through June was 17.9 million tons, a 20 percent increase

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Minnesota Think Tank Wades Into Debate on Economics of Mining

August 21, 2018

PolyMet Mine in Hoyt Lakes, Minn. has been mired in a permitting battle for over eight years and the issue has become politicized in the state and particularly in the eighth congressional district. Just as election season gets into full

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Auryn Resources Begins Drilling at Homestake Ridge Gold Project, Canada

August 21, 2018

Auryn Resources has commenced drilling at its 100% owned Homestake Ridge project located in northwestern British Columbia. The program, which began on August 7th, 2018, consists of approximately 3,000 meters of core drilling to target gold mineralization along the high-grade

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EPA Waits to Release Comments on Gold King Mine Cleanup Plan

August 21, 2018

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it won’t release public comments on its interim cleanup plan for southwestern Colorado mines until it has reached a final decision on the plan. The Durango Herald reported the EPA’s position Sunday. Last June,

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Permitting Process Meeting Scheduled for Paramount Gold and Calico Resources Gold Mine, Oregon

August 20, 2018

There are two meetings to be held locally this week involving regulating agencies which are involved with the permitting process for a proposed gold mine in Malheur County. Tuesday, the Project Coordinating Committee is scheduled to meet from 1 p.m.

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Construction on Track at eCobalt’s Idaho Cobalt Project

August 20, 2018

eCobalt Solutions said that construction continues to advance on time and on budget at its Idaho Cobalt Project (ICP), located near the Salmon, in the Idaho Cobalt Belt in the US. The ICP remains the sole, near-term environmentally permitted primary

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