Over the last year, the media have published story after story after storyabout the declining price of solar panels and wind turbines.
People who read these stories are understandably left with the impression that the more solar and wind energy we produce, the lower electricity prices will become.
And yet that’s not what’s happening. In fact, it’s the opposite.
Between 2009 and 2017, the price of solar...
AML funds improve coal communities and the lives of their residents
U.S. Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced the availability of the Fiscal Year 2019 Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation grants through the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement(OSMRE). This year’s grants will provide more than $291.2 million for states and tribes to reclaim and repurpose abandoned coal lands.
“These grants...
A federal agency has approved a proposal to let the West Elk Mine produce coal from beneath some 1,700 acres of national forest roadless acreage in the North Fork Valley.
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, or OSMRE, has approved a mining plan modification for the mine, owned by Arch Coal. The company still must obtain approval by...
After years of losses, Colorado coal jobs stabilized in 2018. The industry saw 4 percent job growth, a total of 1,304 jobs across the state.
“We’ve had a tough time since the peak of coal production in 2004,” said Colorado Mining Association President Stan Dempsey. “The mood is optimistic, but yet realistic.”
Colorado has six active coal mines that supply fuel...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced three long-term goals Wednesday for cleaning up the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site in southwestern Colorado.
The goals call for improving water quality in four sections of rivers and streams, stabilizing mine waste piles to keep more pollutants from leaching into waterways and preventing big releases of tainted water from mine shafts.
The Superfund site was...
Nevada’s two largest gold producers have agreed to merge their local assets to create the world’s single-largest, precious metal mining operation.
Barrick Gold Corp. and Newmont Mining Corp. will contribute production mines, processing facilities and infrastructure stretching from Wells near the Utah border to Winnemucca into a new joint venture.
Barrick Gold Corp. will own 61.5 percent of the Northern Nevada...
Barrick Gold Corp on Monday pulled its $18 billion offer for Newmont Mining Corp and agreed to form a joint venture in Nevada with its rival, ending a hostile takeover bid that sought to unite the world’s two largest gold producers.
By combining their operations in the southwestern U.S. state, which is home to one of the world’s largest gold-producing...
DRMS Update
Ginny Brannon, Division Director, Jim Stark (Coal) and Russ Means (Hardrock).
Dan Gibbs is new Executive Director of the Division of Natural Resources – transition work continues.
Jim Stark mentioned a previous Office of Surface Mining covering the Colorado program. The following is the link to the proposed Rule changes. Note the date of May 2014. That is not the...
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The SME 2019 Annual Conference & Expo and 121st CMA National Western Mining Conference was a huge success with more than 6,500 attendees and 800 exhibit booths! CMA would like to extend sincere thanks to all of our 2019 sponsors for their support.
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The 121st National Western Mining Conference & Exhibition was approved by the Colorado Continuing Legal Education Office...