Coal mining in Coles County is a topic the local Soil and Water Conservation District has not needed to address for many years.
Resource conservationist Nancy Pals said SWCD officials decided to get more information about that topic after a coal-to-diesel plant developer, American Clean Coal Fuels, announced this summer it has proposed mining coal in [...]

Playing one of the top teams in the Class 2A Western Slope League, Coal Ridge lost 60-6 on Friday night to the Olathe Pirates.
The highlight for the Titans came in the third quarter when Brady Gasaway returned an interception 79-yards for Coal Ridge’s lone score of the night.
Coal Ridge will now travel to Gunnison on [...]

A half-century ago, Darrell Welch’s father pried coal out of the Appalachian Mountains with pick and shovel.
Welch, now 46, followed his father into the mines to pursue a noisy, dirty and at times dangerous living - though one that pays far better than almost any other job in rural Garrett County. For the past two [...]

China National Coal Group Corp. (China Coal), the country’s second largest coal producer, aims to be listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange in mid-November this year.
China Coal plans to raise 1 billion U.S. dollars through its initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to Friday’s Beijing News.
According to the corporation’s 11th Five-Year (2006-2010) development [...]

St. Louis-based Arch Coal Inc. said Friday that its Skyline mine near Scofield, Carbon County, had the country’s best underground coal mine safety record in 2005, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
The Scofield mine uses longwall and continuous-mining systems. Its employees worked more than 28 [...]

Ontario Power Generation’s 490-megawatt Unit 5 at the Nanticoke coal-fired power station in Ontario shut by early Friday, the Independent Electricity System Operator said in a report.
The 3,920 MW Nanticoke station, which entered service between 1972 and 1978, is located on the north shore of Lake Erie in the town of Nanticoke, about 80 miles [...]

Madison Minerals Inc. is pleased to provide a drilling update on its Lewis Property in Landner County, Nevada. The Lewis Property is directly contiguous to the 8.5 million ounce Phoenix-Fortitude gold mine property of Newmont Mining Corporation.
To date, Layne Christensen Drilling Company has completed 25 diamond drill holes totalling just over 15,000-feet of the original [...]

Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. has commenced a 6,500′ (2,000m) diamond drilling program on its 100% controlled Sphinx property, located 60 km west of Kimberley, BC. Two drill rigs will be moved to the property immediately, with drilling activity to occur over the next 2-3 weeks.
Sphinx Project Summary
The Sphinx property area consists of approximately 2500 [...]

Alto Ventures Ltd. is pleased to announce the final results and provide a summary from its recent diamond drilling program on the 100% owned Coldstream gold project in the Shebandowan gold district, Ontario. The twin objectives of the 13 hole, 2,062 metre program were to establish continuity of mineralization and to determine if the Sanders [...]

Ontario Power Generation’s 490-megawatt Unit 5 at the Nanticoke coal-fired power station in Ontario shut by early Friday, the Independent Electricity System Operator said in a report.
The 3,920 MW Nanticoke station, which entered service between 1972 and 1978, is located on the north shore of Lake Erie in the town of Nanticoke, about 80 miles [...]