The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has implemented an enhanced enforcement program after recent data indicates that accidents involving customer and contract truck drivers, and managers and supervisors performing mining tasks represent a significant number of recent fatalities.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has launched a new enforcement initiative to better protect the nation’s miners from health hazards resulting from repeated overexposure to respirable crystalline silica.
Read MoreThe Colorado Economic Development Commission recently approved millions in economic incentives it believes will attract a pair of companies, one of them being an asteroid mining company.
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ACME Lithium said that Phase 1 drilling has commenced at its Clayton Valley lithium brine project in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
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Organizers of the Bluefield Coal and Mining Show have announced that Alpha Metallurgical Resources CEO David J. Stetson will open the 24th biennial event on September 14 in West Virginia.
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Jim Wickens has been appointed as vice president of operations for Canadian developer Augusta Gold, effective immediately.
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The first rare earths mine to go operational in Canada, Vital Metals’ Nechalacho operation southeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, has indicated it has started shipping concentrate. In a presentation to shareholders last week, the move to deliveries comes about 10 months after the operation confirmed it had started mining last July. Nechalacho is not just the first rare earths producer…
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Sibanye-Stillwater, which has been advancing a regionalized leadership structure to strengthen its presence in crucial markets, has tapped Charles Carter as Chief Regional Officer for the Americas. His appointment is effective June 1. Carter, who held executive roles in gold exploration, mining and refining in South Africa, Colombia and the United States during a 25-year tenure at AngloGold Ashanti prior…
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More than 600 members of the United Steelworkers union have gone on strike at Glencore’s Raglan nickel mine in the Nunavik region of Quebec, Canada, suspending production. In all, 630 members of IndustriALL affiliate Syndicat des Métallos/United Steelworkers walked off the job over what it has termed a “lack of respect” from their employer, along with an “extensive” use of…
Read MoreSilverCrest Metals has confirmed that its consultant partner, Ausenco Engineering Canada, has wrapped up construction work on the Las Chispas processing plant in Sonora, Mexico, and has handed it over to the miner for commissioning ahead of schedule.
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