The multinational mining giant Rio Tinto has seen record iron ore production in the last quarter of 2010. There was a 6% increase in the quarterly production in the final quarter of the year despite the troubles with Iron Ore Company of Canada.
Production in South Africa's mining sector has risen 9.6% in November on a yearly comparison. In October it had been revised to a 6.5% rise as per available statistics. This is indeed good news as the mining production was showing a negative annual growth rate at the end of May of -7.7%.
The Environment Protection Agency under the Obama Government has cancelled the mining permit for a coal mine in Logan County.
The drastic action taken by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) in West Virginia by cancelling a permit for a mine in Logan County has seen legal proceedings being filed in court.
Bob Brown the Australian Greens leader said that the coal mining industry helped to cause the worst floods that Queensland has seen in 40 years and so they should take major share of the responsibility for them.
Aspire Mining Limited (ASX:AKM) conducted tests on samples from its Ovoot Coking Coal Project in northern Mongolia. The Coal washability test results have indicated a very high theoretical yield of 87.7% to produce a simulated product with 9.5% ash content and a CSN of 9.
The final chapter in the tragedy at Pike River Coal Mine came into play when the New Zealand Police Commissioner Howard Broad said it was too dangerous to attempt to find the bodies and he would not put additional lives at risk. He added that he had little confidence that the bodies would ever be recovered.
The Environmental Protection Agency in the US has blocked a proposal for what may have been the largest mountain top mine in Appalachia, Logan County, West Virginia. The rejection of the coal mine was justified by the EPA saying that the mine would have caused irreversible damage to nearby streams.
A group of Ministers has been constituted by the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh to tackle the controversial “no go” policy of the environment minister Jairam Ramesh.
The environment ministry has...
South Heart Coal LLC has filed their application to build the 4,600-acre project new coal mine in southwestern North Dakota. They are hoping to supply lignite to a $2.2 billion electric power plant that a separate company, South Heart Energy Development LLC, plans to build nearby. The powerplant will produce 175 megawatts of electricity.
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