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Mining Companies Wait For Mine Exploration Permit
State Sen. Gary Forby expressed anger Thursday about the lengthy state permitting process that could delay the creation of nearly 700 permanent jobs.
Coal Mine Development Into Hamilton County Enterprise Zone
Will families with school-age children move into Hamilton County if new coal mines open here?
If so, how many? And what would the additional cost to the school district be?
Coal Association Investigation Sale of Coal Mine Rights
The Jefferson County Board is investigating selling about 7,000 acres of mineral rights held by the county and throwing in with the Dodds Pendleton Coal Association.
Oaklea Park Residents Fight UK Coal’s Plans Mine Exploration
The Oaklea Park Residents Association is aiming to fight UK Coal’s plans for the mine at the Minorca site in North West Leicestershire.
Chairman of Oaklea Park Residents Association, Steve Leery, told a meeting of Measham Parish Council that residents were being treated as ‘ghosts in our own village’.
Referring to a ’scoping opinions document’ submitted by [...]
New Giant Coal Mine Exploration Company After Merger Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.-Alpha Natural Resources
There’s a new coal mining giant in Appalachia.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America and a major supplier of metallurgical coal, announced it is buying coal producer Alpha Natural Resources in a deal valued at $10 billion.
Cleveland-Cliffs is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The company operates six iron ore mines in [...]
State looks at treatments in $1.8 million effort to stop acid flow into Belt Creek
State mining regulators plan to reopen the historic Anaconda-Castner mine near Belt next month to look for water leaks, marking the beginning of a renewed effort to stop one of the most persistent cases of harmful acid drainage in Montana.
The sprawling abandoned mine 300 feet below the surface, once a prolific producer of coal, is [...]
Agency approves TXU coal plant
State environmental regulators have given TXU Corp. the go-ahead to build a new coal-fired power plant in Central Texas, overruling two arbitrators who questioned the utility’s claim that the plant won’t make local pollution worse.
Opponents said they would appeal, but if TXU prevails it could salvage at least a portion of its one-time plan to [...]
GeoMet Announces 2006 Proved Reserves and Preliminary Gas Sales Volumes, 2007 Gas Sales Volume Estimates and Capital Spending Plans and Engagement of Financial Advisor
GeoMet, Inc. today announced 2006 year end proved reserves; preliminary 2006 gas sales volumes; estimated 2007 gas sales volumes; current capital spending plans for 2007; and the engagement of a financial advisor to evaluate and advise as to strategic alternatives.
2006 Year-end Proved Reserves
The Company’s 2006 year-end proved reserves, as estimated by DeGolyer and MacNaughton, an [...]
