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Massey Energy Subsidiaries Prepare Coal Mine Exploration In Coal River Valley
A subsidiary of Massey Energy has begun mountaintop-removal coal-mining operations on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia, the only peak in Coal River Valley that hasn’t been blasted away for mining. Blasting for the mine is taking place 200 yards from the Brushy Fork coal slurry impoundment, which holds 8 billion gallons of toxic coal [...]
EPA to Delay Mountaintop Coal Mining Exploration Permit in Appalachia
President Barack Obama’s administration put the brakes on 79 applications for surface coal mining permits in four states Wednesday, saying they would violate the Clean Water Act.
The action is the administration’s latest attempt to curb environmental damage from a highly efficient but damaging mining practice known as mountaintop removal. Each permit likely would cause significant [...]
Coal Mine Exploration and Dumping of Mine Regulation at Mountaintop
Environmental safety is the rightful citizens, so that people can live comfortably by tercemar does not damage the environment. To ensure that the environment remains comfortable, they should be made a rule or regulation so that every community or company that will make the industrial development or to perform the exploration of natural wealth must [...]
Impact EPA Mining Permit Review : Coal Mining Companies Worried About Mine Permit Reviews
The Obama administration’s decision to hold coal mining permits to a high environmental standard has struck a note of economic fear in Appalachia, where mining — including the kind of mining that blows up mountaintops — has been a shield against hard times afflicting the rest of the nation.
E.P.A Plans Aggressive Review of Permit Request for Mountaintop Coal Mining
Environmental Protection Agency concern about potential harm to water quality. The agency plans an aggressive review of permit requests for mountaintop coal mining.
Several Mining Companies Hold Plans New Mines Onstream
The global financial crisis and sharp falls in metals prices have forced several companies to abandon or put on hold their plans to bring new mines onstream.
Clean Water Act Permit for Open and Development Coal Mining Industry
In a blow to environmentalists and a huge victory for the coal mining industry, a federal appeals court recently overturned a lower court’s ruling that called for more extensive environmental review of mountaintop removal sites.
Leighton Expanded Coal Mining Exploration To Buy Mongolian Coal Mine
Leighton Holdings Ltd has purchased the mining rights to a coal mine in Mongolia, according to Mongolia Web News.
Fortune Mining Company Sign Agreement With TCC Coal Mine Project
Fortune Minerals Limited and the Tahltan Central Council (”TCC”) on behalf of the Tahltan Nation have entered into an agreement that commits the parties to the principles of cooperation and mutual respect.
