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August 17: Wyoming BLM to Hold Coal Lease Sale, Caballo West Coal Tract Being Offered for Sale
June 28, 2011
The Bureau of Land Management will hold a competitive coal lease sale by sealed bid at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17. The sale will be held in Cheyenne. The Caballo West Coal Tract, a 1,023.99 acre area containing an estimated…
Coal Miner Killed in Raleigh County, W. Va. Accident
June 28, 2011
A miner working to support the roof at a Raleigh County underground coal mine was killed early Monday when part of the mine’s wall collapsed, regulators said Monday. Crew leader Joseph M. Cassell, 33, of Glen Daniel, was working at Rhino…
West Virginia’s Private Sector Best Job Creator
June 28, 2011
West Virginians have maintained for years that if government would just leave our economy alone, we’d be just fine. President Barack Obama and liberals in Congress reject that philosophy. Our state’s keystone industry, coal, needs to be destroyed, Obama and company…
Converteam Awarded the Largest Potash Mining Project Canada Has Seen in Decades
June 28, 2011
Power conversion specialist Converteam lands a major mine hoist project with one of the leading potash producers in the world, Mosaic Potash Esterhazy. The Esterhazy K3 mine expansion project in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, is the largest new potash mining project in decades…
June 29: MSHA to Hold Public Briefing on Investigation of UBB Mine in Raleigh County, W. Va.
June 27, 2011
MSHA will hold a June 29 public briefing on its investigation into the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va. The briefing, to begin at 10 a.m. EDT, will coincide with the one-year anniversary of the start…
Caterpillar Opens New Parts Distribution Center in Spokane, Washington
June 27, 2011
Building on the strength of the industry’s premier global service parts distribution network, Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., will open a new parts distribution center in Spokane, Washington. The new facility, which will replace the…
Alpha Natural Resources Affiliates Recognized for Safety; Receives Award at Ceremony in W. Va.
June 27, 2011
Several Alpha-affiliated operations received the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association award: Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC, for the Wyoming No. 1 mine, the Cucumber mine, and the Poplar Ridge Deep No. 1 mine. Simmons Fork Mining, Inc.‘s Ewing Fork No. One…
Severstal North America Named Winner of American Metal Market’s 2011 Award for Steel Excellence
June 27, 2011
Severstal North America has been named the winner for Best Brownfield Technology in American Metal Market’s 2011 Awards for Steel Excellence. Severstal’s efforts to remediate a steelworks site in Dearborn, originally built by Henry Ford in 1918, include a $740 million…
Western Potash Purchases the Milestone Project Plant Site in Saskatchewan
June 27, 2011
Western Potash Corp. has completed the purchase of a large parcel of surface lands, advancing the development of the plant site facility for its Milestone potash solution mining project in southern Saskatchewan. The land acquisition program has now successfully secured over…
House Committee Passes Rahall Bill to ‘Rein In’ EPA
June 27, 2011
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a bipartisan bill June 22 aimed at “reining in the EPA’s overreach.” House Bill 2018, the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011, was introduced by Reps. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., and John Mica, R-Fla.,…
