Massey Energy’s Superior Surface Mine was given a National Award for Excellence in Surface Mining by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) at the MINExpo 2008 sponsored by the National Mining Association in Las Vegas, NV.
Located in Logan County, WV, Superior was given one of four national awards for excellence in [...]

Joy Global Inc., a worldwide leader in high-productivity mining solutions, today announced that during its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting on September, 9, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an increase and extension of its share repurchase program. The Board’s action increases the authorization from $1 billion to $2 billion and extends the expiration for [...]

Joy Global Inc., a worldwide leader in high-productivity mining solutions, announced that China Mining Machinery, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Wuxi Shengda, a Chinese manufacturer of longwall shearing machines, for $22.0 million, excluding closing costs. Wuxi Shengda primarily serves the markets for [...]

Kennametal Inc. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Tricon Metals & Services, Inc. Closing is planned for October 2008 and remains subject to negotiated conditions of closing. Tricon will become part of Kennametal’s Advanced Materials Solutions Group (AMSG), and the acquisition is expected to be accretive to [...]

ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest integrated metals and mining company, today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Concept Group (“Concept”).
Concept, located in southern West Virginia and adjacent to the recently acquired Mid Vol Coal Group in the Central Appalachian Coal Basin, produced 0.8 million tons of metallurgical coking coal in 2007 and [...]

Houston Lake Mining Inc. is pleased to report it has completed the second half of a 5,008 metre (16,426 ft.) diamond drill program on its West Cedartree Gold Project. As the Company awaits assay results, it has begun a new summer exploration program at West Cedartree.
The second half of the spring 2008 program was initiated [...]

Houston Lake Mining Inc. is pleased to report it has completed the first $168,600 tranche of a $1.25 million offering that will be used to continue exploration activities at its West Cedartree Gold Project in Ontario.
The funds were raised through the sale of 281,000 flow-through units priced at $0.60 per unit in a non-brokered private [...]

March 26, 2008) - Red Hill Energy reported today that further to the December 21, 2007 news release, a National Instrument 43-101 report and assay results have been received by the company on its very significant Chandgana Khavtgai coal project. All three of Red Hill Energy’s coal resources are now National Instrument 43-101 compliant as [...]

Lawmakers have begun hearings on a proposal that could effectively halt mountaintop removal coal mining.
State Rep. Don Pasley of Winchester maneuvered the proposal into a bill that would exempt camel food from the state sales tax.
The move allowed the bill to be considered in the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee on Tuesday.
It would forbid coal [...]

A proposal to ban most mountaintop removal mining and to toughen other environmental standards for the coal industry in Tennessee is running into stiff opposition from state coal producers.
National Coal Corp. President Dan Roling told the state Senate Environment and Conservation Committee last week that passing the measure would have dire effects on the industry [...]