Category: Breaking news

After laying off nearly 30% of its workforce earlier this month, all 98 furloughed Decker Coal Co. employees have returned to work. On May 8, the company announced it was furloughing the miners from its Decker Coal mine in...

Warrior Met Coal Inc. plans to invest $50 million to construct a barge load-out facility in Walker County, Alabama, to support its expanding metallurgical coal mine near Tuscaloosa. The project is expected to add 12 new jobs....

This week in Australia, the New South Wales government released its comprehensive technical assessment for Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery Extension Project and its key recommendation that the project can proceed. The report,...

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) published a proposed rule that it said will streamline regulatory coordination of alleged violations at surface mining sites. Oftentimes, violations are investigated...

Pembroke Resources has received approvals from the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for its Olive Downs Coking Coal Project in Central...

Five miners were seriously injured on May 6 when a possible gas ignition occurred at Anglo American’s Grosvenor mine near Moranbah, Australia. Anglo American has started a staged re-entry into the mine “to be able to safely...

MINExpo International 2020 has officially been postponed. The National Mining Association (NMA), the MINExpo sponsor, announced the show will be moved to September 2021. The NMA said its highest priority is the health,...

Great River Energy (GRE) has announced plans to prematurely retire its Coal Creek Station power plant in Underwood, North Dakota, in the second half of 2022 and modify the Spiritwood Station power plant in Jamestown, North...

Anglo American is working toward a possible demerger of its thermal coal assets in South Africa in the next two to three years. The company said it has been reducing its thermal coal production footprint for some time, more than...

Frontier-Kemper Constructors has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $63.7 million by Warrior Met Coal for the Blue Creek Energy Mine No. 1 project in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA. The scope of work includes the...

On May 1, Arch Coal Inc. announced it is changing its name to Arch Resources Inc., effective May 15. The company said the name change underscores its ongoing transition to a premier producer of metallurgical products for the...