Opponents of the Opp Mine painted a picture of environmental pollution, property destruction and community demise for Jackson County commissioners on Wednesday.
More than 75 people attended the three-hour public hearing. Dozens testified against a requested zoning change that would allow the property owners to initiate a large strip-mining operation near a residential neighborhood about a [...]
The fate of the Opp Mine in Jacksonville will be debated at a public hearing before Jackson County commissioners Wednesday.
Owner Frank Hardin and partner Medford attorney Bob Robertson are seeking a zone change from woodland resource to aggregate resource. The change would allow them to restart operations at the old mine and pull between 1.4 [...]
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 [...]
Chief ministers of three mineral rich states Wednesday opposed recommendations of a central government committee on the country’s mining policy saying they were against the interest of their states.
Naveen Patnaik of Orissa, Raman Singh of Chhattisgarh and Madhu Koda of Jharkhand discussed various problems of their states at a conclave here, a top official of [...]
A western Kentucky firm is planning a $200 million coal transfer operation and an ethanol plant in McCracken County that could create hundreds of construction jobs and about 80 full-time jobs.
Charlie Skaggs, an engineer who works for Cornette Engineering Services of Madisonville, told The Paducah Sun that the project involves a terminal to transfer coal [...]
In a major setback to Reliance Industries, the government has decided to allow companies have monopoly in city gas distribution (CGD) projects to sell natural gas to households and automobiles.
“CGD projects will have marketing exclusivity. A company or consortia granted CGD license for a particular city will have marketing exclusivity for a certain number of [...]
Sydney Mines Development Co. has withdrawn a request to change the county’s comprehensive plan for a 1,700-acre mixed-use development southeast of State Road 60 and Sydney Washer Road.
The County Commission unanimously accepted the withdrawal. A revised plan for the property is about a year away, said Carter McCain, an attorney representing the developer.
The company had [...]
India is formulating a new mining policy aimed at attracting foreign investment of Rs.1 trillion ($21.5 billion) and creating 500,000 jobs by 2011, a central minister said Thursday.
“The government intends to come out with a new policy because the existing mining policy of 1993 has become old and contains stringent provisions that restrict investors to [...]
