Category: Breaking news

Mining engineering professor Roger Thompson, a recognized haul road expert, will address the cost decision associated with the design and maintenance of haul roads at the 2019 Haulage & Loading conference, which takes place...

In its latest quarterly report, Australian miner South32 noted exceptional improvement from the longwall mining units at its Illawarra Metallurgical Coal, which allowed it to exceed prior production guidance. Coal production...

The SME Foundation is organizing a backcountry skiing excursion for February 28, the Thursday after the annual Society of Mining Engineers meeting in Denver. They have arranged for a professionally guided, private snow-cat...

Kameron Collieries, an affiliate of The Cline Group, and owner/operator of the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, temporarily suspended production at Donkin due to a roof collapse in an older part of the mine. The...

Alliance Resource Partners announced this week that Joe Craft, president and CEO of ARLP’s general partner, has assumed the additional role of Chairman of the general partner’s Board of Directors. Craft replaces John...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reports that 27 mining fatalities occurred in 2018 – the second lowest number ever recorded. Eighteen fatalities occurred at surface operations;...

American Resources Corp. signed a multi-year deal with an existing customer that will lengthen and expand its current agreement to supply at least 50,000 tons per month of metallurgical coal over the next two years beginning in...

On December 26, Cloud Peak Energy was notified by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that the average closing price of the company’s shares of common stock had fallen below $1 per share over a period of 30 consecutive trading...

Turquoise Hill Resources signed a power source framework agreement (PSFA) between Oyu Tolgoi and the government of Mongolia, which provides a binding framework and pathway forward for the construction of a Tavan Tolgoi-based...

On December 15, via Twitter, President Donald Trump announced that Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke would step down at the end of the year. This comes after numerous investigations were initiated by the Department of Interior’s...

On December 17, Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) entered into definitive agreements to acquire the general partner interests in AllDale Minerals LP and AllDale Minerals II LP and all of the limited partner interests in AllDale...

On Tuesday, December 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) proposed a new definition of “waters of the United States” that they believe clarifies federal authority under...