Pennsylvania will finally see a little more help with cleaning up abandoned mine lands, of which there are several in Clarion County. (See related story below.)
A federal fund based on per-ton fees paid by coal mine operators has been reauthorized and renegotiated, sending $1.4 billion to the state over the next 18 years to help [...]

The Indian infrastructure equipment industry have to focus on research and development (R&D), service delivery capabilities to cash on the boom in investment in infrastructure sector. According to a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)- KPMG study the domestic infrastructure equipment sector is expected to grow to $4.2 billion size from $1.95 billion in 2004 owing [...]

The rural land south of Gunnedah contains an estimated 500 million tonnes of coal.
While the lands are rich in coal, they are also among the most productive agricultural lands in Australia and feature significant underground water reserves.
Farmers worry underground mining could disturb ancient aquifers, threatening livelihoods.
Tim Duddy is a fifth generation farmer whose 3000ha of [...]

_Jan. 2 Sago Mine explosion results in 12 deaths
_Jan. 9 West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin appoints former federal Mine Safety and Health Administration director J. Davitt McAteer to conduct special Sago investigation. New Mexico conducts unscheduled inspection of its only underground mine on orders by Gov. Bill Richardson.
_Jan. 19 Two miners die in fire at [...]

Australians risk higher electricity prices if the country fails to embrace nuclear power and relies only on low-emission coal technology, Australia’s Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has said.
He said the anti-nuclear stance would severely hit the family budget. As such, Australians must abandon their opposition to nuclear power.
He however, said companies were unlikely to establish nuclear [...]

Goldfields Ghana Limited, Ghana`s biggest gold mining company, is to expand its Tarkwa mill in the Western Region at a cost of US$175 million next year.
Dr. Tony Obeng, head of Corporate Affairs and Social Development, said at Takoradi in the Western Region that the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the expansion project.
He [...]

Many of the safety measures state legislatures and Congress rushed to adopt to protect the 46,000 people working in the nation’s underground coal mines after the Jan. 2. Sago Mine explosion have yet to take effect.
There are still no rescue chambers or wireless tracking and communications equipment in the country’s 606 underground coal mines, and [...]

A Western Kentucky coal mine operator is seeking permits to open a new mine in the region before the end of the decade.
Pact Resources LLC wants to open an underground mine near Sebree that could employ up to 140 miners, according to a statement by Ron Siler, co-owner of the Henderson-based company.
Pact Resources hopes to [...]

After a hearing lasting 15 months and involving dozens of witnesses, the fate of a proposed wind farm that a Vermont-based wind energy company wants to build in northern Lycoming County is in the hands of a county judge.
On Monday, Dec. 18, Judge Nancy Butts heard arguments from attorneys representing the company and the county [...]

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to work with US conglomerate General Electric on nuclear and wind power generation ventures, a newspaper has said.
Under the plan, the two firms will jointly bid for a 300-million-dollar project to boost capacity by 20 percent at the 1.36-million-kilowatt Laguna Verde nuclear plant in Mexico, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported.
If [...]