MSHA recently released its final report for a fatal machinery incident that occurred July 21 of last year at the Thunder Basin Coal Black Thunder surface coal mine in Wyoming. Read full article.
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The Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias is preparing to bring back the biennial Bluefield Coal and Mining Show for the 24th time from September 14-16. Read full article.
Read MoreRio Tinto has become the first producer in North America of the critical mineral scandium oxide, which it has produced in high purity from its commercial-scale demonstration plant in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada. Read full article.
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Coal producer Warrior Met Coal has confirmed plans to relaunch development of its Blue Creek reserves in Alabama into a new longwall mine adjacent to its existing operations in Brookwood, south of Birmingham. Read full article.
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Frontieras North America, part of Frontier Applied Sciences, said it has selected a site in Mason County, West Virginia, for its inaugural FASForm coal processing plant, set for commissioning in the last quarter of next year. Read full article here.
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The West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame has inducted four industry veterans for its 24th class, the class of 2022. Read full article here.
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Colorado gold and silver producer Golden Minerals has selected John Galassini as its chief operating officer, effective May 9. Read full article from North American Mining.
Read MoreFortune Minerals’ drilling program at its NICO Critical Minerals Project in the Northwest Territories of Canada has identified a potential east strike extension of the NICO Deposit. Read full story here.
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Alabama Graphite Products, a subsidiary of Colorado-based Westwater Resources, has started construction on the first-of-its-kind graphite processing plant in Kellyton, Ala. Read full article here.
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Consolidated Zinc has confirmed a recent incident at its Plomosas operation in the Chihuahua state of Mexico involving armed intruders that entered the mine and stole more than US$120,000 in zinc and lead concentrates. Read full article here.
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