North American Mining spoke to Penn State’s Prof. Barbara Arnold about the current state and future of coal preparation in the U.S. By Jonathan Rowland There are 154 coal preparation plants active in the U.S. with a further 73 idled. That is still a “decent number,” according to Barbara Arnold, who has spent over three decades involved in the coal…
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Penn State campus reinstates mining tech program
The Eberly Campus at the Pennsylvania State University’s Fayette location has reinstated the school’s two-year mining technology program beginning with the fall 2022 semester.
Read MoreEnergy Fuels, Penn State tapped by DoE for rare earths production design
Colorado-based Energy Fuels confirmed on Sept. 21 that it and Penn State University in Pennsylvania will soon be awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory to examine and develop a conceptual commercial-scale design for a mixed rare earth oxide technology using coal-based resources in an environmentally benign…
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