by Gordon Barratt | May 30, 2022 | News
David Byrd, of Sulphur, is one of the few people left who sell coal for household uses. Think heaters and blacksmiths. And after doing it for 62 years, he can tell the quality of each piece just by feeling them. “See how smooth that is?” he said, picking up a piece he...
by Gordon Barratt | May 27, 2022 | News
K+S Potash Canada (KSPC) unveiled its long-term growth plan for the Bethune mine, in Saskatchewan, announcing that it would effectively double production capacity over the next couple of decades towards four-million tonnes a year. “Saskatchewan has the food, fuel and...
by Gordon Barratt | May 27, 2022 | News
The Biden administration is outlining new pollution restrictions that would thwart a long-stalled plan to mine for gold near Alaska’s Bristol Bay. Under the proposed requirements, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would broadly bar developers of the planned...
by Gordon Barratt | May 27, 2022 | News
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced the availability of more than US$10.5 million in fiscal year 2022 state grant funding to provide federally mandated training and retraining of miners and mine operators working...
by Gordon Barratt | May 27, 2022 | News
The 5A nickel mine. Resource confirmation drilling has kicked off at Estrella Resources’ 5A nickel mine within the Spargoville Nickel Rights Project, to aid in completion of a Definitive Feasibility Study for the site. Managing director Christoper J Daws said recent...
by Gordon Barratt | May 26, 2022 | News
Hydrogen can be transported and stored in existing fossil fuel infrastructure for years if need be, giving it the potential to become a universal energy carrier in the same way as oil is now but without the environmental impact, World Hydrogen Leaders webinar heard...
