The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has reported that on August 4, a mine manager at Wooten Sand & Gravel Inc., Miller County, Ark. died while performing maintenance on a bulldozer. While kneeling on the bulldozer’s track, the victim accidentally engaged the lever that put the bulldozer in reverse. The bulldozer track moved the victim to the rear…
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Rio Tinto invests $55M to add underground mining at Kennecott
Rio Tinto has announced a major growth plan for its Kennecott copper complex outside of Salt Lake City, Utah – an expansion to mining that will also take its efforts underground, which it said holds “potential for significant and attractive underground development.” The miner has earmarked US$55 million for the landmark transition project on the century-old mine and said it…
Read MoreMSHA reports 21st fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on September 9, a dredge operator at Barry Industrial Sand Inc., Orange County, Texas, drowned while working in a dredge pond. This is the 21st fatality reported in 2022, and the second classified as “Drowning.” MSHA recommends the following best practices to avoid this type of accident: Make sure a competent…
Read MoreWyoming rare earth demo project advances
Strategic materials company Rare Element Resources said its planned rare earth processing and separation demonstration project in Upton, Wyo., has hit a new milestone – 60% plant design completion. The project, led by General Atomics, is now advancing toward final detailed engineering due for completion later this year. The team recently completed a key design milestone with the Department of…
Read MoreNo injuries in Lila Canyon mine fire
An underground fire is reportedly still ongoing at the Lila Canyon coal operation in Emery County, Utah, after more than a week, but regulatory officials have said no injuries have been reported. According to local news outlets The Salt Lake Tribune, KSL-TV and ETV News, the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining said the fire began last Tuesday, September…
Read MoreTeck’s Elkview idle due to plant outage
Canadian diversified miner Teck Resources said its Elkview met coal operation in British Columbia’s Elk Valley will be closed for one to two months for repairs at its plant. Officials have confirmed a structural failure of the plant feed conveyor belt. In the meantime, it will reschedule its planned plant maintenance at the operation to take advantage of the downtime,…
Read MoreCoeur Mining divests Nevada assets
Coeur Mining has entered into a definitive agreement with a subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti to sell its Crown and Sterling properties in Nevada for a cash consideration of $150 million.
Read MoreDonkin mine reopening after two-year idle
The Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration has confirmed its inspectors are on-site at the Donkin coal operation in Cape Breton as the mine resumes operations after two years on pause. The agency said its inspectors completed a thorough review of operational safety at the Kameron Coal-owned property, and it will continue to perform regular inspections, planned and…
Read MoreScooptram fire traps miners – twice – at Hudbay’s Lalor
Operations were suspended late last week, and nearly 200 miners were trapped underground for hours, after a fire erupted on a scooptram at Hudbay Minerals’ Lalor operation in Snow Lake, Manitoba, on September 14. According to local news outlet the Thompson Citizen, the equipment actually caught fire twice, once as well on Sept. 15. Both times, workers rushed to refuge…
Read MoreU.S. rail strike averted
Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement on September 15 to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the United States’ freight trains and impacted the economy, reported the Associated Press. President Joe Biden announced the deal, which emerged from a marathon 20-hour negotiating session at the U.S. Labor Department and came just one day before…
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