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Gov. Gordon: the Department of Interior prefers to lay off Wyoming workers rather than allow the mining of additional coal reserves within an already existing permit.

The Montana Supreme Court has halted an expansion of a Westmoreland-operated mine that supplies the Colstrip power plant with coal. The court’s decision vacated an 8-year-old permit that allowed Westmoreland to pull 12 million tons of coal from the Rosebud Mine located in southeastern Montana.

The Montana Supreme Court has halted an expansion of a Westmoreland-operated mine that supplies the Colstrip power plant with coal. The court’s decision vacated

The Montana Supreme Court has halted an expansion of a Westmoreland-operated mine that supplies the Colstrip power plant with coal. The court’s decision vacated an 8-year-old permit that allowed Westmoreland

Delays for coal permits have caused uproar amongst energy states, leading some to accuse federal agency of weaponizing its authority

In a published opinion filed November 13, 2023, disposing of consolidated appeals, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. 6) affirmed judgments denying writ petitions that sought to...

Two environmental groups are suing the federal Office of Surface Mining and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for what they claim is a lack of protection for three endangered water species in Southwest Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia.

Mining UAV Market Analysis and Future Prospects for 2030

Rajesh Sani, a professor at South Dakota Mines, has won an award from the National Science Foundation totaling $683,802, for a new atomic force microscopy-based infrared spectroscopy instrument.

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