…Resources LLC. Since then, the mine’s production has continued to climb, to more than 4 million tons of high-sulfur coal from the Herrin No. 6 seam through the first three quarters of 2015, leaving it on pace to surpass 5 million tons…
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Judge Approves Cutting of Walter Energy Labor, Benefits Deal
…furloughed Walter Energy workers and another 2,700 retirees and dependents. It and fellow union United Steelworkers (USW) had objected to Walter’s proposal. UMWA President Cecil Roberts called the decision “extremely disappointing, but not surprising” to the union. “I want to be very…
Giving Mine Rescue a Boost
…time since at MSHA’s Mine Academy in southern West Virginia. Some of the results of that initiative are already in place, including the formation of the Holmes Mine Rescue Association, the updating of national mine rescue contest outlines and the deployment of…
MERC Meets Milestone at Superior
…100 millionth ton of U.S. western low-sulfur coal in 1991. The 200-million-ton mark was reached in 1998 and 300 million tons was surpassed in 2004. Its most recent milestone, 400 million tons, was recorded in 2009. It is the largest-capacity coal transshipment…
Climate Change — The New Pay-to-play Game
…White House wants to turn the page from ISIS and the priority threat it poses. If you “deny” climate change is the world’s top priority, you’re a cretin. So shut up. The other CO2 emitting power house, India, has been less accommodating…
Wollongong to Restart Wongawilli
…the restart as well as offer technical, personnel and equipment assistance; the decision to be a contract-based workforce has reportedly been much to the chagrin of miners furloughed in the mine’s closure in 2014 as well as local legislators. “There is no…
Gateway Pacific Terminal
…Shanghai and Guangzhou could no longer import coals that exceeded 1% sulfur. One of the characteristics of PRB coals is most of them are much lower in sulfur than 1%. This factor greatly promotes the desirability of PRB coals to Chinese utility…
Teck Announces LNG Haul Truck Pilot Project
An LNG-powered haul truck heads back to the loading area. The use of blended LNG/diesel fueled haul trucks has the potential for significant environmental benefits and cost savings. LNG produces virtually no particulate or sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions and reduces greenhouse gas…
Blankenship Found Guilty of Conspiracy
…UBB section foreman Rick “Smurf” Hutchens and Ross, as well as Tracy Stumbo, Tyler Childress, Brent Stanze, Gary Young, Karen Hanretty, Michael Smith, Brent Racer, Charles Justice, Clifton Stover, Rick Hodge, Larry Adams, Sean Ellison, Keith McElroy, Scott Halstead, Lisa Williams, Harold…
BG 4 Benching Training Software for Mine Rescue Teams
…By Jason Navoyski, Michael J. Brnich, Jr., CMSP, and Timothy Bauerle, MA Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR) have been conducting research aimed at assessing the utility of virtual…
Harvey Mine: The Road to Today
…“As drawn out from there, can be blended again for sulfur. All we blend for is sulfur — as little as possible [as], at times, it can reduce efficiencies.” There are a total of six raw coal silos surrounding the plants, including…
Michigan City Installs Scrubbers
…addition to Michigan City, they include the 1,780-megawatt R.M. Schahfer generating station near Wheatfield, Indiana, and the 604-megawatt Bailly plant near Chesterton, Indiana. NIPSCO burns about 7 million tons of low-sulfur Powder River Basin and high-sulfur Illinois Basin steam coal annually. Share…
Hallador Revises Forecasts Downward
…150,000 tons in 2016. Sunrise continues to produce lower-sulfur coal at its Ace in the Hole surface mine in Clay County, Indiana. The company blends coal from Ace with higher-sulfur coal from Oaktown to meet the demands of several Florida utilities. Share…
Armstrong Completes Development at Survant; Midway Could Close
Survant, part of the company’s Parkway mining complex near Central City in Muhlenberg County, was using a single continuous miner section to produce high-sulfur western Kentucky No. 8 seam coal in late fall, Marty Wilson, Armstrong president and CEO, told analysts during…
Bowie Acquires Twentymile, El Segundo Mines
…that combine to render this an accretive and synergistic acquisition for us that will create economies of scale and lower cost.” In 2014, the El Segundo and Twentymile mining complexes produced 8.4 million tons and 6.7 million tons of high-Btu, low-sulfur coal,…
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