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Cline Family Foundation Makes $5 Million Gift to Marshall University for Sports Medicine Research
July 21, 2011
The Cline Family Foundation has donated a gift of $5 million to Marshall University to establish an endowment to support new faculty and scientists in the university’s planned sports medicine translational research center. The Cline Family Foundation was established by Christopher…
Bird Construction to Acquire Quebec’s H.J. O’Connell
July 21, 2011
Bird Construction Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of H.J. O’Connell, Limited. The purchase price for the acquisition will be approximately $77.5 million. The $77.5 million purchase price and related transaction expenses of $1 million…
Portland General Electric Installs Emission Controls at its Boardman Coal-Fired Power Plant
July 21, 2011
Portland General Electric Company reported progress implementing its 2020 plan for the Boardman Power Plant. Under the plan, PGE is installing a suite of controls to significantly reduce emissions from the plant, and has agreed to end the use of coal…
Quecreek Mine Rescue Anniversary; Museum To Open in Pennsylvania
July 21, 2011
The Quecreek Mine Anniversary celebration is set for this Saturday and with the celebration will come the opening of a section of the museum. Actual pieces of the Sipesville Volunteer Fire Company firehouse will be featured in the design. They’re one…
Nine Universities Begin Critical Turbine Systems Research
July 21, 2011
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of ten projects at nine universities under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. The projects will develop technologies for use in the new generation of advanced turbines…
Norfolk Southern Completes $16 Million of Track Work in Eight Days in Pennsylvania
July 20, 2011
During eight days earlier this month, Norfolk Southern completed $16.2 million in track, bridge, and signal improvements in southwestern Pennsylvania’s Monongahela Valley. The rail infrastructure improvements are critical to the region’s coal-mining industry and to meeting the electricity needs of households…
Lancaster, Ky. Company Mine Shields Faces Final Test in New Mexico to Receive MSHA Certification
July 19, 2011
One final test stands between Mine Shields Inc., and certification that could create more than 100 new jobs in Garrard County. But it’s a big one. The test, which will take place Thursday in New Mexico, is the last of five…
Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $6.9 Million
July 19, 2011
Fuel Tech, Inc. has received multiple air pollution control orders totaling $6.9 million. The largest of these orders, placed by a major utility and an existing customer, was an award of a Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) project utilizing a combination of…
Argus Launches US Export Coal Assessments
July 18, 2011
Global energy price reporting agency Argus has launched coal price assessments for US Gulf coast exports at New Orleans and US east coast exports at Hampton Roads. With these assessments, Argus now publishes coal prices for all major Atlantic basin coal…
Arch Coal’s West Virginia Operations Earn Eight State Mine Safety Awards
July 18, 2011
Arch Coal, Inc.‘s mining subsidiaries earned eight statewide safety awards at West Virginia’s Annual State Council Meeting of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association. The following company operations received West Virginia State Mine Safety Awards for outstanding 2010 performances: Underground Operations—…
