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Energy Department Touts New Study as Reason to Continue Using Coal

April 2, 2018

The Department of Energy (DOE) is touting a new study as proof that coal use is key in order to keep houses lit and offices warm during major storm events. An analysis from DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory found that

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Miners Hall Museum Kicks Off Three-month Celebration of Mining History, Kansas

April 2, 2018

Miners Hall Museum will kick off its three-month celebration of mining history in southeast Kansas next week. The exhibit opens at 10 a.m. Monday at Miners Hall Museum at 701 South Broadway Street in Franklin. Second quarter exhibits traditionally recognize

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Fatality at Revelation Energy’s Panther Coal Mine, Kentucky

March 29, 2018

A coal miner was killed Tuesday evening as he prepared to begin his shift in what officials say was a conveyor belt accident. Officials said 29-year-old Hubert Grubbs Jr. of Harlan was fatally injured at Revelation Energy’s Panther Mine in

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PolyMet Releases Technical and Economic Report for Its NorthMet Mine Project, Minnesota

March 29, 2018

The proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes will cost nearly $1 billion to build if it’s permitted, but will earn a $173 million annual profit for 20 years for the company after taxes and other expenses. That was the

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PolyMet Receives $80 Million from Glencore for Its Minnesota Copper Mine

March 29, 2018

PolyMet Mining. Co. has received another $80 million infusion of cash from its largest investor, Swiss-based Glencore, as the proposed Minnesota copper mine inches toward possible approval. PolyMet announced Monday that it has restructured $152 million of debt already owed

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Paramount Receives More Environmental Baseline Approvals for Grassy Mountain Gold Mine, Oregon

March 29, 2018

Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. has received approval of two more baseline environmental reports on its Grassy Mountain gold mine project, and is on track to submit its consolidated permit application by the middle of the year. That report was given

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Tunnel Ridge Looks to Expand Its Tunnel Ridge Coal Mine, Pa.

March 29, 2018

A mining company wants to expand its operations at an underground coal mine in Donegal and West Finley townships, Washington County, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. Tunnel Ridge LLC has applied to the DEP to revise its

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Rio Tinto Continues Reclamation of Bingham Canyon Mine Waste Rock Piles, Utah

March 29, 2018

Rio Tinto Kennecott continued to chip away last year at one of the mining company’s long-term goals — making the giant waste-rock piles from its Bingham Canyon Mine less visible from throughout the Salt Lake Valley. But it’s going to

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Experts Discuss Issue of Mine Drainage at Symposium in Morgantown, W. Va.

March 29, 2018

Back in the late 70’s, the governor created a task force to study the issue of mine drainage. Fast forward 40 years later and the problem has improved, but experts continue to study the problem. “There were some events that

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X-energy Contracts with Centrus to Support Advanced Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility Work

March 28, 2018

Centrus Energy Corp. has signed a services contract with X Energy to support the design of a facility to produce advanced nuclear fuel. The contract builds upon a memorandum of understanding the companies signed in September 2017 to collaborate toward

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