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American Power Provides Update on Prospecting Permit Application for the Pace Coal Project in Mont.
July 27, 2011
American Power Corp. provided an operational progress update on its Pace Coal Project located near the town of Stanford, Judith Basin County, Montana. On May 12, 2011, American Power announced the approval of the Notice of Intent to Prospect by the…
Sandstorm Metals & Energy Makes $20 Million Payment to Donner Metals
July 26, 2011
Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd. has completed a $20 million payment to Donner Metals Ltd. in accordance with the copper purchase agreement announced on July 13. Under the terms of the agreement, Sandstorm Metals is entitled to purchase an amount equal…
Renaissance Gold Options Nevada’s Spruce Mountain Project to Sumitomo
July 26, 2011
Renaissance Gold Inc. has entered into an exploration earn-in agreement with Summit Mining Exploration, Inc., a US subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation.The agreement covers the company’s 100 percent owned flagship Spruce Mountain Project located in Elko County, Nevada. The Spruce Mountain Project…
MSA and MCR Safety Establish Joint Venture
July 26, 2011
MSA of Pittsburgh, Pa., and MCR Safety of Memphis, Tenn., have established a joint venture to create a new operating company dedicated to the do-it-yourself and independent contractor market for safety products. The venture’s newly established brand — Safety Works® —…
Grizzly Acquires More Land for the Alberta Potash Project
July 26, 2011
Grizzly Discoveries Inc. has applied for a new metallic and industrial mineral permit in Alberta covering approximately 4,672 hectares (11,680 acres) to add to its existing land holdings of more than 2.4 million acres for its Alberta Potash Project. The permit…
Marcellus Shale: Wheatland Tube Plans $11.4 Million Expansion in Ohio
July 26, 2011
Wheatland Tube Co., a division of the John Maneely Co., plans to pump $11.4 million into its plant in Howland to help increase the production of pipe used in the exploration of natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica shale, officials…
Freeport Working to Restart Climax Mine in Colorado Next Year
July 26, 2011
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. is looking to restart operations at the historic Climax molybdenum mine next year, CEO Richard Adkerson said last week. Hundreds of contract employees have been working with regular employees on a $700 million project to…
August 25: Coal and Rail Centennial Celebration, Harlan County, Kentucky
July 26, 2011
On Friday, August 5th 1911, a steam locomotive pulled L & N coal cars out of the Wallins Creek Coal Company Mine in Terry’s Fork. This event marked the first rail shipment of coal out of the hills of Harlan County,…
Pele Mountain Engages Advisor for Strategic Process to Separate Gold Assets from Eco Ridge Mine
July 25, 2011
Pele Mountain Resources Inc. has engaged Foundation Opportunities Inc. of Toronto, on a non-exclusive basis, to assist and advise Pele with its evaluation of strategic alternatives regarding its Ontario gold assets. Pele’s gold assets, which are held in its wholly-owned subsidiary,…
Battelle Successfully Completes Carbon Storage Project Benefiting Industry in Ohio Valley
July 25, 2011
Battelle carbon sequestration experts collaborated with American Electric Power (AEP) to complete the world’s first small-scale carbon capture and storage test at a coal-fired power plant, an important milestone in the path towards developing a commercial CCS industry needed to reduce…
