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USC Consulting Expands to Meet Growing Client Needs
February 3, 2012
USC Consulting Group (USCCG) is augmenting its mining and metals practice with additional resources, and applying innovative tools, methodologies, and experience from a wide variety of other industries to better serve its growing global mining and metals clientele. “A majority of…
Patriot Coal Receives Mountaineer Guardian Safety Award for Panther Complex
February 3, 2012
Patriot Coal’s Panther complex has received the prestigious Mountaineer Guardian Safety Award. Mountaineer Guardian Safety Awards are presented each year by the West Virginia Coal Association to mining operations that demonstrate a commitment to operational safety. Inspectors for the West Virginia…
Alpha Natural Resources Affiliates Recognized for Safety Performance at the W. Va. Mining Symposium
February 3, 2012
Six of Alpha Natural Resources affiliates in West Virginia have received the Mountaineer Guardian safety award for 2011. The operations received the award at the 39th annual West Virginia Mining Symposium on in Charleston, W.Va. The following operations at Alpha affiliated…
Cascade Energy Delivers Energy Savings in the Pacific Northwest Industrial Sector
February 2, 2012
Cascade Energy has announced unprecedented energy savings in the Pacific Northwest industrial sector. As the program partner for Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA’s) Energy Smart Industrial (ESI) program, Cascade Energy helped deliver more than 40 average megawatts in verified energy savings in…
B&W Awarded $75 Million Environmental Construction Contract for Indiana Power Plant
February 1, 2012
Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co. (BWCC), a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company has been awarded a contract worth more than $75 million to provide construction services for the installation of environmental equipment at Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s R.M.…
FirstEnergy to Close Six Coal-Fired Power Plants, Citing Impact of Environmental Regulations
February 1, 2012
FirstEnergy will retire six older coal-fired power plants located in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland by September 1, 2012. The decision to close the plants is based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which were recently…
Commentary: Obama Renewing War Against Coal
January 27, 2012
President Barack Obama talked a lot about “renewable” energy during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. But he made it crystal clear he plans to renew his administration’s war against coal while forcing expensive, unrealistic non-alternatives down the throats…
Brookville Reopens Pickering Street Facility Doubling its Mining Manufacturing Capabilities
January 27, 2012
On January 3, Brookville Equipment Corporation reopened their Pickering Street facility with an operation of 10 men accomplishing the production of small light-weight vehicles. With an upgraded and newly reopened facility, Brookville is essentially doubling its mining manufacturing capabilities. By the…
Caterpillar Profit Beats Estimates as Mining Demand Increases
January 27, 2012
Caterpillar Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings and gave a full-year profit forecast that topped analysts’ estimates as demand rose for shovels and trucks. “The mining business is going to continue to be very strong,” Brian Rayle, a Cleveland-based analyst for Northcoast Research…
Luminant Makes $500,000 Contribution to University of Texas Carbon Management Program
January 27, 2012
For a sixth consecutive year, Luminant has made a significant contribution to the University of Texas at Austin’s Luminant Carbon Management Program. This year’s $500,000 gift brings the company’s total program contribution to $2.8 million. Founded in January 2007, the program…
