The American Coal Company (American Coal) filed suit against the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for numerous violations of federal law and MSHA’s own regulations in inspections at the company’s Galatia Mining Complex, a complex of three separate mines in Saline County, Illinois.
The suit, filed in the Southern District Court of Illinois, follows [...]
Nearly 700 people are supposed to get more than $192,000 in back pay from a coal mine operator accused of violating federal labor law.
The U.S. Department of Labor says Frasure Creek Mining incorrectly calculated overtime pay for 678 employees for nearly two years from January 2006 through December 2007.
The Labor Department says Frasure Creek also [...]
Utah will receive $163,657 as the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday more than $7.9 million in grants for fiscal 2007.
The health and safety training grants will be presented to states after their applications are received and approved.
Michigan is exploring ways to grow its alternative energy industry and provide a boost to economic development, but coal-fired power plants are expected to produce most of the state’s electricity through at least 2030.
The rest of Michigan’s electrical power comes mostly from nuclear power plants or natural gas- or oil-fired power plants. A very small [...]
Sales at U.S. retailers increased for a third straight month in September as cheaper gasoline put Americans in the mood to spend, a government report is forecast to show this week.
Purchases rose 0.2 percent, matching the rise in August, according to the median estimate of economists in a Bloomberg News survey before the Commerce Department’s [...]
The Underground Mining Training Center at Montana Tech has closed after running out of cash.
The program, funded with a $1.6 million federal grant, graduated 33 students before shutting down last April, said Pete Knudsen, dean of the school of mines at Montana Tech.
The grant was approved in 2001 with the backing of U.S. Sen. Conrad [...]
Once a growing, politically connected company with plans to create a 400-acre water park on state land, Dallenbach Sand Mining Co. Inc. in South Brunswick now consists of a sandlot, two wood shacks and rusted machinery.
Dallenbach, owned by the Herbert family and run by Jack Whitman, dredged sand and gravel from the site for more [...]
Shares of coal mining companies cooled Friday after favorable economic data boosted investor confidence and hints of heightened demand this fall boosted the stocks in a midweek rally.
Shares of Peabody Energy Corp. gained $3.15, or 7.1 percent, to $47.83 between the closing bells and Tuesday and Wednesday. Shares of Arch Coal Inc. added $1.72, or [...]
Shares of coal mining companies finished higher Wednesday as investors’ fears over higher interest rates eased at least temporarily and oil prices dropped to their lowest level in two months.
Shares of Peabody Energy Corp. gained $3.15, or 7 percent, at $47.83 on the New York Stock Exchange. Consol Energy Inc. added $1.63, or 4.4 percent, [...]
Despite the inclusion of $25.6 million for more coal mine inspectors in an emergency spending bill signed by President Bush a month ago, nothing has happened on hiring yet.
That’s according to Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., who put the money in the bill.
Responding to the Jan. 2 Sago Mine disaster in West Virginia that killed [...]
