February 26, 2012 Former Massey security chief sentenced to 3 yrs in prison Hughie Elbert Stover, the former security chief at the Upper Big Branch mine, was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for lying to federal agents and obstructing an…
February 26, 2012 Molycorp fires up new rare earths plant Molycorp, the company in the process of expanding and modernizing a mine and processing plant closed down in 2002, this week announced the sequential start-up of its Project Phoenix rare…
February 26, 2012 UN watchdog suspects Iran is diverting uranium Iran may be diverting uranium for use in weapons research, according to a report by the UN International Energy Agency (IEA), a nuclear watchdog.
February 25, 2012 Polish Bogdanka Mine sets production world record with Cat® Plow Longwall On February 16, 2012, the Polish coal mining company Lubelski Węgiel Bogdanka S.A. smashed the world record for daily production from a plow-equipped longwall, with an output of 24,400 tonnes…
February 25, 2012 Soft coal market has Alpha Natural Resources focusing priorities Alpha Natural Resources took a $.73 billion hit in the fourth-quarter, but the US coal producer, the third largest of coking coal in the world, said it has a strategy…
February 25, 2012 Vedanta consolidation to create world’s 7th largest natural resources company London-based Vedanta Group (LON:VED) announced Saturday a merger of two of its subsidiaries, Sesa Goa and Sterlite Industries, into a new corporate entity to be named Sesa Sterlite.
February 25, 2012 Canadian firm to restart manganese ore exports from Guyana in 2014 Guyana hopes to start exporting manganese ore for the first time in 50 years following the discovery of the mineral in the country's northwest, government officials said Saturday.
February 25, 2012 Crowd expected Monday at Surry’s coal plant hearing Feb. 25--SURRY -- The Surry County Planning Commission will hold its new public hearing on Old Dominion Electric Cooperative's proposed coal-fueled power plant on Monday.
February 25, 2012 Advisory warns investors of risks of proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska Citing community opposition, unprecedented infrastructure requirements, and environmental risks, Earthworks questions whether the mine, located in the Bristol Bay area, will ever be built.
February 25, 2012 Residents lose appeal to keep property in central Pa. coal town decimated by underground fire Residents of a central Pennsylvania coal town decimated by a half-century-old mine fire have lost a state court appeal to try to prevent condemnation of their land, but the long-running…
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am
