…in production before the end of the year. Of that trio, Lively Grove is the largest. Part of the $4 billion Prairie State Energy project near Marissa in Washington County, the underground mine will supply about 6 million tons of high-sulfur coal…
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MSHA Creates Additional District Office
…funds are included in the president’s FY 2012 budget request. Although coal production is declining in some districts, the increase in production of southern West Virginia coal, with its high carbon and low sulfur content, appears to be a long-term trend. Share…
MSHA’s Main Insists Expanded Authority is Needed and GAO-Identified Problems are Being Fixed
…laws on the books cannot protect miners if the agency charged with enforcing those laws fails to do so,” said Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.). Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) agreed. “It seems the failure is not having (too few) tools in the…
Ready or Not, MSHA Believes Proximity Detection Can Save Lives
…turning crosscuts. This was determined not to be detrimental to the effectiveness of the proposed technology due to the limited machine movement and therefore limited hazard exposure during this particular operation. The study further concluded that “proximity detection should be available around…
Alliance Moving Ahead at Gibson South
…belongs to Tunnel Ridge, a planned longwall mine whose estimated 70.5 million tons of high-sulfur reserves are located in Ohio County, W.Va., and Washington County, Pa. Currently under construction, Tunnel Ridge’s longwall is scheduled to start up in early 2012. At full…
Illinois Shoots Tenaska Down
…his colleagues to vote yes to support “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Tenaska said TEC would create 2,500 construction jobs and thousands of additional indirect jobs during its four-year construction phase while providing a market for about 2 million tons annually of high-sulfur Illinois…
Coal Mining Returns to Western Kentucky County in a Big Way
The proposed Delaware mine near a small community by the same name along the McLean County-Daviess County border would be Massey’s first in the high-sulfur western Kentucky coalfield. As far back as 2007, though, Massey signaled its intent to expand from its…
WVU Brings Science to the Mountaintop Mining Debate
…project include Michael P. Strager, an assistant professor of resource economics in WVU’s Davis College, and Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, director of the Water Research Institute in the National Research Center for Coal and Energy at WVU. Ziemkiewicz pointed out this alternative futures…
February 2011
…president of Global Business Development. Carol Browner, President Obama’s appointed czar to head the Office of Energy and Climate Change, recently announced her resignation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency appointed Michael Goo associate administrator for the EPA’s Office of Policy. Skelly and…
A Glass Half Full
…assess economic risks, is shared by Democrats as well as Republicans. Quinn recalled Rep. John Dingell’s (D-Mich.) memorable warning that putting carbon regulation in the hands of the EPA would create “a glorious mess.” Turning to the industry’s safety record, Quinn acknowledged…
MSHA Creates Additional District Office to Oversee Southern West Virginia Coal Mines
…above-base funds are included in the president’s FY 2012 budget request. Although coal production is declining in some districts, the increase in production of southern West Virginia coal, with its high carbon and low sulfur content, appears to be a long-term trend….
After the IPO, Rhino Resources Charges Ahead Appalachian coal operator builds a diverse portfolio
…Cliffs area. Though it is very low sulfur coal, it will require preparation. The reserve we’ve identified is one of the few remaining thick, contiguous blocks of longwall minable coal in the area,” said Moravec. Some estimates suggest that the coal block…
Prospects for 2011 and Beyond Look Good
…and abroad. Global blast furnace production increased 19% during 2010. Chinese steel production climbed 15% in 2010 and the country’s metallurgical coal imports could exceed 40 million tons. Global steel consumption is projected to increase more than 30% during the next five…
WE Energies’ Second Oak Creek Coal Unit Goes into Commercial Operation
…the project since its inception four years ago. Supporters say the project would create hundreds of permanent and 1,000 construction jobs in southern Indiana. It also would create a market for up to 4 million tons of Indiana’s high-sulfur coal annually. Share…
Year of the Rabbit
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), the new chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, told Fox News Sunday he will challenge the EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations for coal plants and other big stationary sources—“sources”, in other words, of jobs, energy and manufacturing. Nor…
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