Surface Mining
Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




NEWS Click on text to read news by category: General | Product | People | Worldwide

Senator Manchin: Miners’ Families Will Be First Affected if Pensions Aren’t Funded

March 20, 2018

U.S. Sen Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., told members of a bicameral pension committee that lawmakers must take appropriate actions to ensure the pensions of 1.5 million Americans are funded. Manchin is one of 16 lawmakers who make up the bipartisan Joint

Read more...

State Agencies Approve Paramount Gold Nevada’s Grassy Mountain Gold Mine, Oregon

March 19, 2018

The first two baseline environmental reports on Paramount Gold Nevada’s proposed gold mine in Malheur County has been approved and accepted by state agencies, and 11 more baseline reports are being reviewed. According to a release from Paramount Gold, the

Read more...

Agnico Eagle Mines to Study Potential to Reopen Gilt Edge Mine, South Dakota

March 19, 2018

At the site of an ongoing $200 million cleanup of an abandoned gold mine near Lead, national and state regulators are entrusting a water-pollution study to a company that is potentially interested in reopening the mine. The U.S. Environmental Protection

Read more...

EPA Withdrawals Wetlands Permit for Aquila Resources’ Back Forty Mine, Michigan

March 19, 2018

Federal regulators are saying not so fast to a proposed open-pit mine in the southern part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Environmental Protection Agency, in a recent letter to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, said it was objecting to

Read more...

EPA Set to Withdrawel “Once-in Always-in” Policy Under Clean Air Act

March 19, 2018

The Trump administration announced Thursday it is doing away with a decades-old air emissions policy opposed by fossil fuel companies, a move that environmental groups say will result in more pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency said it was withdrawing the

Read more...

Billion Dollar Coal Mine Cleanup Could Be Part of Congress’ Last Pre-election Budget, Kentucky

March 19, 2018

Big money to help areas in Kentucky and other states ravaged by the coal industry’s slump could be part of the last big budget bill Congress considers before the November election — but the funding faces a lot of stiff

Read more...

Valentine Mining Fined for Drilling Exploration Holes Depth at Deadwood Project, South Dakota

March 19, 2018

The South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) announced Thursday that it reached an agreement with a mining company drilling exploration holes near the rim of Spearfish Canyon. The settlement was made with VMC, LLC and Don Valentine,

Read more...

DOE Selects Research Projects to Receive $2.8M for Advancement of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology

March 16, 2018

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected two projects to receive approximately $2.8 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects. The projects will advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology and

Read more...

DOE Launches $32.5 Million Funding Opportunity to Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technologies

March 16, 2018

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $32.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) to advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technologies. The selected projects will fall under the Office of Fossil Energy’s

Read more...

Department of Energy to Invest $6.5 Million for Large-Scale Pilot Fossil Fuel Projects

March 16, 2018

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have selected nine projects to receive approximately $6.5 million in federal funding for Phase I of the Fossil Fuel Large-Scale Pilots funding

Read more...

Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement




Advertisement