Posts Tagged ‘ Montana ’

Westmoreland leases big coal resource in Montana

December 6, 2011

Westmoreland Coal Co. has leased over 8,800 acres of private coal, representing an estimated 158 million tons of Rosebud McKay coal resources adjacent to its Absaloka mine in Hardin, Mont., it reported this morning. Westmoreland controlled an estimated 389.9 million tons of proven and probable coal reserves across all of its operations as of...

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Steele developing underground drift at Mineral Hill in Montana

October 20, 2011

Steele Resources Corp. has begun development of an underground drift at its Mineral Hill project near Pony, Mont., it said yesterday, with the goal of  being on mineralized structure by the end of the year. Upon completion of the infrastructure, the company said, it is planning to begin mining activity with a targeted minimum...

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Peabody Energy’s former Big Sky mine honored for environmental excellence

October 18, 2011

Peabody Energy today earned the 2011 Director’s Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior for outstanding achievement in land and habitat restoration at the company’s former Big Sky mine in Colstrip, Mont. Interior’s highest honor, the Director’s Award is presented each year to one coal producer for demonstrating the best environmental practices in the...

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Revett sees significant increase in 3Q output

October 18, 2011

Revett Minerals Inc. said today that 3Q11 production from its Troy mine in northwestern Montana was 402,700 ounces of silver and over 3.28 million pounds of copper, a 45% increase in silver and 39% increase in copper over the same period last year and 18% increase in silver and 8% increase in copper from...

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Powder River Basin coal being used ever further afield

October 5, 2011
Powder River Basin coal being used ever further afield

Came across this graph recently in a presentation by Gillette-based Cloud Peak Energy Inc., which bills itself as the only pure-play Powder River Basin coal miner. It shows just how far coal from the PRB of eastern Wyoming and Montana is being used — as far as western New York and Georgia. That doesn’t even...

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Montanore project in Montana achieves major milestone in permitting

September 28, 2011
Montanore project in Montana achieves major milestone in permitting

The Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Montanore silver/copper project in western Montana has been completed by the Forest Service, Mines Management Inc. reported yesterday. “Completion of the SDEIS is a major step forward in the final phase of the permitting process,” stated Glenn M. Dobbs, president and CEO. “It signals a move...

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