As the boom in this former mining town increasingly draws people and their creature comforts to its destination ski resorts and lodges, Park City has some tough decisions to make.
A new report warns that continued construction and remodeling could cost the town its spot on the National Register of Historic Places.
Modifications being made to aging [...]
A team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories recently visited the Sago Mine in West Virginia to determine if lightning might have caused the mine’s Jan 2, 2005 explosion. Twenty-nine miners were underground when the explosion occurred, 12 of whom were killed due to the force of the blast.
The group spent 10 days in [...]
Hours of digging at a hot spot off Underwood Road on Friday showed no evidence of a mine fire.
Workers from the federal Office of Surface Mining rooted through steaming dirt, stumps and mine refuse, but the heated vapor and material appeared to be related to composting, not a fire, said OSM mining engineer David Philbin. [...]
A veteran of the Western Kentucky coal industry has announced plans to open a mine in Webster County.
Ron Siler of Newburgh says his Henderson-based Pact Resources LLC is seeking permits for an underground mine near Sebree that could someday employ 120 to 140 miners. An economic development group reports Pact Resources hopes to begin construction [...]
The ethanol industry appears poised for a big year in 2007, as companies scramble to take advantage of continuing government subsidies and a growing political desire to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil.
But Wall Street investors who went pedal-to-the-metal during ethanol’s midyear frenzy in initial public offerings of stock seem to be easing off [...]
From major economic development announcements and projects in terms of two ethanol plants to the nearly completed expansion of the Wells County Library and state accolades to Norwell students, Wells County experienced good times in 2006.
From the untimely and tragic deaths of several Wells County residents to the closing of an Ossian manufacturing plant that [...]
Oil company Ziegler Peru expects to resume drilling the Ucayali basin’s block 100 in Peru in mid-January, US oil company Radial Energy–a 20% stakeholder in the block–said in a statement.
Ziegler holds a 10% participation in the block, while local consulting group CCP holds 70%.
Once drilling begins, the Huaya 100-1X well will require roughly one week [...]
The State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) on Friday published a list of another 1,053 unsafe coal mines that must be closed, after having closed 651 this year.
The list includes 220 coal mines in Hunan, 207 in Sichuan, 140 in Chongqing, 80 in Shaanxi, 79 in Guizhou, 64 in Xinjiang and 51 in Liaoning.
Small coal [...]
Michigan is exploring ways to continue growing its alternative energy industry and providing a boost to economic development, but coal-fired power plants are expected to continue producing most of the state’s electricity through at least 2030.
ENERGY PLAN: Gov. Jennifer Granholm issued an executive directive in April calling for the development of a comprehensive plan to [...]
China Guodian Corp. announced it has agreed to invest $2.81 billion with its partner to build a coal mine and power plant in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.
A partnership between China Guodian’s northeastern subsidiary and Heilongjiang Longxing International Resource Development Group will result in a 4,000 megawatt power plant and a coal mine with a [...]
