Royal Coal Corp. (CVE:RDA), is a coal development company. It currently has three projects in the Central Appalachia region of Kentucky: Big Branch (Cheyenne), the Sid Mining, and the Laurel Fork (Coty) Mining Project.
Global Earth Energy, Inc. (OTC:GLER,PINK:GLER) announced that its acquisition of the Samuel Coal properties should complete by mid-September.
Global Earth Energy, Inc. (OTC:GLER,PINK:GLER) announced that the acquisition of Samuel Coal is expected to be completed no later than September 6, 2011.
Novadx Ventures Corp. (CVE:NDX, US:NDXFF) is a mining investment company focused on active or near production high quality coal reserves in the US Appalachia coal region. Novadx commenced production of high quality metallurgical coal at its flagship Rosa Mine in Alabama in 2010 and acquired the Rex No. 1 Mine in Tennessee earlier this year.
Forbes reported on a lawsuit launched by the families of two miners who died at a Kentucky coal mine.
FACES of Coal released a report saying that Congressmen Ben Chandler and John Yarmuth of Kentucky are supporting a bill that could eliminate many coal jobs in the state.
Reuters reported that Arch Coal (NYSE:ACI) has been ordered to pay a $4 million penalty for clean water violations at its properties in three states in the USA.
Bloomberg reports Kentucky’s governor met mining protesters at his Capitol office.
Kentucky and the state’s coal mining association together have joined forces, filing a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) move to block water discharge permits.
The U.S. Interior Department has said it will try to overturn a Bush administration rule that made it easier for coal mining companies to dump mountaintop debris into valley streams. The action is the latest blow to the coal industry, which defends mountaintop mining as a safer, cheaper alternative to traditional underground mining.
Thursday, November 24, 2011