Feature Stories
Commentary: Missouri, U.S. Needs Coal Industry, Electricity
November 8, 2011
Unbridled regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency are deteriorating our nation’s ability to generate energy. In response, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed The Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act, which would require the federal…
Alaska Miners Association’s New Leader Brings Wealth of Experience
November 4, 2011
Fred Parady is as excited to take on his new role as the executive director of the Alaska Miners Association. Parady is replacing Steve Borell, who is stepping down after 22 years on the job. Parady, currently the chief operating officer…
Real Life Mining Stories With Leadership Lessons: Leaders Must See Change as Vital Function
November 4, 2011
Shift work in the coal mine was quite a physical challenge for me at eighteen years of age. Prior to working my first midnight shift, I had stayed up all night only a couple of times for high school proms. At…
Energy Tour Makes Visit to Craig Colorado
November 1, 2011
Jobs, jobs and jobs. That’s the motivation behind a seven state, 7,000-mile bus tour aimed at defeating rising unemployment rates through domestic energy resource development. “The United States has the largest energy reserves on Earth,” said Thomas Pyle, president of the…
AP Interview With Joe Main: MSHA Efforts Aren’t Harming Industry
November 1, 2011
The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration’s continuing crackdown on the coal industry hasn’t deterred the industry’s growth, director Joe Main said Friday. From April 2010 to June 2011, the number of underground mining employees grew by about 11 percent, Main…
Looking to the Future; Students Tour Barrick’s Goldstrike Mine in Nevada
October 21, 2011
For Wells High School sophomore Brieanna Archuleta the trip out to Barrick Gold of North America’s Goldstrike Mine Wednesday was a reaffirmation of the vision she has for her future. Since the eighth grade, when Archuleta was first introduced to welding,…
Real Life Mining Stories With Leadership Lessons: New Workers Deserve a High Level of Protection
October 19, 2011
I started working in the coal mine in September of 1972 at the age of eighteen. My orientation lasted all of ten minutes. After less than a year of coal mining, I quit to attend my second year of college. Fifteen…
Coal Industry Remains Strong in Ohio Due to Surface Mining, Reserves and Customers
October 18, 2011
Ohio is coal country, and that won’t change any time soon according to those involved with the coal industry. Chuck Ungurean, the president, chief executive officer and director of Oxford Resource Partners, which started in Coshocton, said its business has remained…
For Chilean Miners a Year Later, the Two Worlds of Darkness and Spotlight
October 14, 2011
Luis Urzúa and Esteban Rojas were running behind schedule at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on Tuesday. They were almost late for their own event. Yet, the men still posed for pictures and signed autographs. Urzúa and Rojas even…
Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper Tours New Elk Mine
October 14, 2011
Standing in the shadow of the picturesque Culebra Mountain Range west of town, Gov. John Hickenlooper saw what officials say will become one of the world’s major producers of coal. Underneath the rugged Cherry Canyon on the Bosque del Oso State…
