Feature Stories
Green and Cost Effective Electric Vehicles Need Clean Coal Technology
July 12, 2011
Considering over 50 percent of electric power plants in America are run with coal, electric vehicles are heavily dependent on them to complete their green equation far more than admitted by green car advocates. Enter the solution to aid the equation:…
Twentymile Team Sets Sights on Utah Rival in Colorado
July 11, 2011
Mark Beauchamp said the Craig community can expect a small boom in business next week. “We’re bringing in 250 people who will be eating out three meals a day and staying in hotel rooms and buying gas,” he said. “That’s a…
Telluride, Colorado’s Mining History Moves Outdoors
July 5, 2011
Much of the mining activity that propped up Telluride’s economy in the town’s early days took place out in the elements. Prospectors ranged over rugged peaks searching for veins, and miners dynamited and dug their way through the bowels of the…
A Billionaire and the Amazing Story of Coal Mining in Indonesia
July 5, 2011
Kiki Barki is veteran Indonesian coal miner and a billionaire. A friendly and very pleasant gentleman, I had the pleasure of meeting him when he gave a speech to welcome a business delegation organized by Malaysia Chinese Chamber of commerce and…
Bluefield Coal Show Is Dedicated to Marvels of Underground Coal Mining
June 30, 2011
The Bluefield Coal Show – this year Sept. 14-16 – can be likened to a festival for underground coal mining. Industry movers and shakers, amazing products and services, and food for thought lure attendees from near and far to the Brushfork…
Gina Rinehart of Hancock Coal Writes Her Own Legacy With Coal Mine Site
June 29, 2011
Gina Rinehart was beaming with enthusiasm as she entered the large marquee put up at the remote Alpha coal mine site in central Queensland on Sunday. She had invited about 100 guests to lunch to celebrate a very big day for…
EPA Using Mercury Scare to Turn Out Our Lights. Time to Clear the Air.
June 28, 2011
Trying to correct all the disinformation about “mercury and air toxics” is a full-time job. Ever since public, congressional and union anger and anxiety persuaded the Environmental Protection Agency to delay action on its economy-strangling carbon dioxide rules, EPA has been…
Real Life Mining Stories with Leadership Lessons: Leaders Must Use Humor Wisely
June 28, 2011
As a worker in the coal mine and in various other organizational roles, I have come across a number of heavy teasers. If you are familiar with my work or my writing, you will know that I like humor. However, there…
Obama Backs EPA War on Coal, While Networks Ignore Harm to Industry
June 21, 2011
It is no longer a secret that President Obama’s administration is willing to allow electricity prices to “necessarily skyrocket,” in order to accomplish his green energy agenda. Although he has so far been unsuccessful at instituting cap-and-trade, Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency…
American Mine Research Breaks Ground for Expansion
June 21, 2011
A well-established Bland County, Va., business that has a long record of meeting the underground communication needs of the coal mining industry, will be able to improve its products as well as its production capability thanks to a grant from the…
