FreightCar America, Inc. reported financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2008. For the second quarter of 2008, sales were $141.3 million and net loss was $0.9 million, or a net loss of $0.08 per diluted share. These results include charges related to a loss contingency reserve due to sharp material cost increases [...]

The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a permit to Amfire Mining Co. to open a new underground coal mine.
The permit allows the Latrobe, Pa.-based company to conduct mining in nearly 3,000 acres in Cresson Township, Cambria County, the DEP said in a statement Wednesday.
The site is estimated to contain coal deposits that could [...]

What was a distinct possibility became a firm reality yesterday when GreenField Ethanol confirmed it has started construction of a $150-million ethanol plant near the Port of Prescott in the shadow of the international bridge.
Financing is in place, technical requirements have been met, and contractors have been hired, said Bliss Baker, Greenfield vice-president of corporate [...]

Four years after the dramatic rescue of nine men trapped deep inside a western Pennsylvania coal mine, the 78-hour saga was commemorated Saturday with the dedication of a historical marker.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Quecreek Mine Rescue Foundation unveiled the marker at the site where the miners were pulled to the surface [...]