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Western Sierra Confirms New Joint Venture Agreement to Operate the Silver Cord Mine, Arizona
May 22, 2012
Western Sierra Mining has concluded an agreement with Mission Holdings to operate the Silver Cord mine located in central Arizona. Gear International, Inc. has an agreement with Mission Holdings to joint venture the development of the Silver Cord mine. According to…
Forest Fire in Canada Near AuRico Gold’s Young-Davidson Mine Causes Power Outages
May 22, 2012
AuRico Gold has reported that a forest fire located south of Kirkland Lake, approximately 70 kilometers east of the Young-Davidson mine site, has damaged several power poles and disrupted the main 115 kV power supply to the mine site. The mine…
House GOP, Romney Take Aim at Obama’s Stance on Coal Industry
May 21, 2012
Republicans have declared war on what they call President Obama’s “war on coal.” House Natural Resources Committee Republicans on Friday escalated their year-long investigation into the Obama administration’s planned rewrite of coal-mining regulations imposed by President George W. Bush. Committee Chairman…
East Tenn. Remembers Fraterville Mine Disaster 110 Years
May 21, 2012
East Tennesseans, and others from around the country, gathered in Anderson County Saturday to remember ancestors lost in the Fraterville Mine Disaster. 216 people died when the Fraterville mine, near Briceville, exploded. According to the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation, only three…
W. Va. Congresswoman Capito’s Statement on EPA’s Decision to Challenge Spruce Mine Veto
May 21, 2012
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement regarding the EPA’s announcement that it will appeal the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s decision to overrule the EPA’s veto of the Spruce Mine’s Clean Water Act permit: “Clearly…
Huldra Silver Receives Mine Permit for Its Treasure Mountain Silver Mine in B.C.
May 21, 2012
Another Mines Act permit has been issued, this time to Huldra Silver Inc. for its Treasure Mountain silver mine about 29 kms east of Hope. The capital cost of the project is said to be $12 million dollars and will provide…
Additional Permits Approved for Canadian Zinc’s Prairie Creek Project in Canada
May 21, 2012
Canadian Zinc Corporation has a number of new permits for the ongoing development of the Prairie Creek Mine project have been approved by the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, in accordance with the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act, and that…
Peabody Energy Submits Successful Bid for Coal Reserves at North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Wyoming
May 21, 2012
Peabody Energy has leased 402 million tons of ultra-low sulfur coal reserves adjacent to its North Antelope Rochelle Mine (NARM) in the Southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The company submitted the successful bid of $1.11 per mineable ton for control…
EPA to Appeal Ruling on Arch Coal’s Spruce No. 1 Mine in W. Va.
May 18, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to appeal a federal court ruling that overturned its veto of a key water pollution permit for one of West Virginia’s largest mountaintop removal mines. The appeal itself hadn’t been filed as of Tuesday, but…
Coal Miner Killed in Fall at Alpha’s Liberty Processing Plant in W. Va.
May 18, 2012
A Boone County coal miner died on the job Thursday, May 17, 2012; the eighth coal miner to die in the U.S. this year and the second in West Virginia, according to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration. The fatality…
