Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Announces Approval of Tunnel Ridge Mine Opening

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. announced that the board of directors of its managing general partner has approved the opening of a new mine for the immediate development of ARLP’s Tunnel Ridge reserves. The Tunnel Ridge reserve area encompasses approximately 9,400 acres of land located in Ohio County, West Virginia and Washington County, Pennsylvania and includes approximately 70.5 million tons... 

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Cavico Subsidiary Expands Exploitation and Construction at Thung San Mine

Cavico Corporation, a leading infrastructure development company in Vietnam, today announced that Cavico Mineral Exploitation is expanding construction and exploring for additional deposits at the Thung San mine. Cavico Mineral Exploitation is an entity formed by the two wholly owned Cavico subsidiaries, Cavico Tunnel and Cavico Hydropower. The Thung San mine, situated on 20 hectares of land in Quy... 

Gold mining returns to Arctic as Miramar prepares Doris North site

Gold is returning to the North as Miramar Mining (TSX:MAE) readies a site along Canada’s Arctic coast for the first new gold mine development in a generation. “It’s a great opportunity to see it coming back,” said Larry Connell, Miramar’s environmental manager. Crews are now quarrying rock near the Vancouver-based company’s Doris North deposit in Nunavut and at the... 

Michigan now test drilling for new Detroit River bridge linking Canada, U.S.

Workers with the Michigan Department of Transportation are conducting tests to determine whether the ground can bear the weight of foundations for a new bridge over the Detroit River. The joint U.S.-Canadian border crossing project is to supplement the already busy Ambassador Bridge and the tunnel connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ont.. Last week, workers began drilling 14 holes up to 500 metres deep...