MONTANA: Judge Orders Halt to Coal Strip-Mine Expansion. October 31, 2021 News Editor AmeriScan, Latest News, RSS Comments Off on MONTANA: Judge Orders Halt to Coal Strip-Mine Expansion.

Turow coal mine expansion details. The Turrow mine expansion is expected to increase the total surface area of the pit to 30 km 2 while extending the mining operation to just 70m from the Czech border. The depth of the expanded pit is expected to reach 330m beneath the surface.

Bulga Coal is one of the Hunter Valley coal mines. It has been granted 'fast-track' status for a mine extension that won't start until 2035. The government last week revealed the plan made it to ...

Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance has been given approval for an expansion of the Tahmoor coal operations in NSW. Nic Walker. The approvals allow for the mining of an extra 33 million tonnes of coal ...

Last November, a federal judge rejected the sale of public lands in Wyoming for fracking and earlier in 2020, a Montana judge overturned the sale of more than 150,000 acres of public lands for oil and gas. In 2018, a court rejected plans to open up massive amounts of Montana and Wyoming to coal mining and oil and gas extraction.. Billed by the Montana Coal Council as "abundant, low cost …

Monday: Coal mine expansion could swallow family farms in southern Illinois. Tuesday: Why TVA coal from the Illinois Basin is still lucrative and in-demand. Wednesday: Illinois mine expands despite safety, environmental concerns. Editor's …

Oct 1, 2021 Oct 1, 2021 Updated Oct 1, 2021 BERLIN (AP) — Environmentalists have chained themselves to giant excavators in an effort to halt the expansion of a vast open-pit coal mine …

Ottawa will re-examine a major expansion planned for the Vista coal mine in Alberta, saying Thursday a federal environmental assessment is …

Climate activists seek to block German coal mine expansion. BERLIN - Environmentalists have chained themselves to giant excavators in an effort to halt the expansion of a vast open-pit coal mine in western Germany. More than 20 climate activists clambered onto the diggers in the Garzweiler lignite mine in the early hours of Friday.

18 of 18. BERLIN (AP) — Environmentalists have chained themselves to giant excavators in an effort to halt the expansion of a vast open-pit coal mine …

12 of 18 13 of 18 A bucket wheel excavator is mining coal at the Garzweiler open-cast mine near Luetzerath, western Germany, Friday, Oct. 1, …

Teck is planning an expansion to its network of coal mines in the Elk Valley area of southeastern B.C. The Castle project would increase the area being mined by about one-third and allow the company to maintain production of steel-making coal at 27,400 tonnes a day.

The expansion would make Vista the largest thermal coal mine in North America. The company also plans an underground test mine on the site. A federal environmental review is required when a mine expands its footprint by 50 per cent or more, or if it plans to produce more than 5,000 tonnes of coal a day.

BERLIN -- Environmentalists have chained themselves to giant excavators in an effort to halt the expansion of a vast open-pit coal mine in western Germany. More than …

Environment ministry panel eases coal mine expansion rules Premium The coal ministry repeatedly sought such a relief arguing that public hearings in …

Coalspur Mine (Operations) Ltd. is proposing to expand the existing Vista Coal Mine Phase I Project, an open-pit surface coal mine for the extraction and export of thermal coal. The expansion would be located approximately 3.5 kilometres east of Hinton, Alberta at its western boundary.

Environmental activists tried to stop the expansion of a large coal mine by staging sit-in protests. They argue that Germany cannot meet its climate goals unless it stops extracting and burning ...

Court says coal mine expansion permit ignored pollution law. October 29, 2021 GMT. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana environmental regulators ignored the law when they permitted an expansion of a massive strip mine that is the sole source of coal for a large power plant despite concerns over water pollution, a state judge ruled.

Court says coal mine expansion permit ignored pollution law. October 29, 2021 GMT. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana environmental regulators ignored the law when they permitted an expansion of a massive strip mine that is the sole source of coal for a large power plant despite concerns over water pollution, a state judge ruled.

Court Says Coal Mine Expansion Permit Ignored Pollution Law. The judge's order came after environmental groups sued over damage to a nearby creek from wastewater that flows out of the mine…

Environmentalists have chained themselves to giant excavators in an effort to halt the expansion of a vast open-pit coal mine in western Germany. More …

Teck Proposes Huge Coal Mine Expansion. Teck has proposed a massive 25-square-kilometre expansion of their Fording River coal mine in the upper Elk Valley. The provincial Environmental Assessment for this mountain-top removal coal mine, which would operate for decades, has begun. This is your chance to speak up.

Whitehaven Vickery mine expansion to extract 250% more coal approved by NSW This article is more than 1 year old Expanded mine in north-west NSW predicted to generate extra 100 million tonnes of ...

Environment ministry panel eases coal mine expansion rules Premium The coal ministry repeatedly sought such a relief arguing that public hearings in the process of forest clearance is time ...

Alberta's Vista coal mine expansion will now face a federal review. Here's why Ottawa reversed course. Environmental groups hail Jonathan Wilkinson's decision, which comes after mounting pressure from Indigenous peoples and the wider public, as a …

Climate activists camp near the Garzweiler open-cast coal mine in Luetzerath, western Germany, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. The village of Luetzerath, now almost entirely abandoned as the mine …

It involves the construction of an open-cut coal mine and associated on-site infrastructure situated 25km north of Gunnedah. The expansion will double coal …

2 Karachi: Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) Board on Monday (November 01) has approved the expansion of Thar coal Block II mine to an operational capacity of 12.2 million tonnes per annum, news sources reported. The USD 93 million worth project will be completed by June 2023. According to the Engro Energy Spokesperson, the mine output now ...

Stopping the Bull Mountains Mine Expansion. In the foothills of central Montana near Roundup, we kept 170 million tons of coal in the ground in 2017. We defeated the Bull Mountains/Signal Peak Mine expansion, arguing that the agency's analysis of impacts to water employed an erroneous standard and of the five springs undermined in the Bull ...

Bucharest – A Bucharest court blocked the expansion of Rosia, the largest coal mine in Romania located in Gorj county, following a legal challenge to the mine's environmental permit lodged by Bankwatch Romania. In 2016, Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CEO), the largest energy company in Romania, sought to expand the existing 1457-hectare ...

Coal mines seeking one time capacity expansion of up to 25 per cent, with a ceiling of two million tonnes per annum (MTPA) additional production. January 7, 2014. Coal mines with production capacity of up to 8 MTPA, seeking one-time capacity expansion up to 50 per cent (or incremental production of 1 MTPA, whichever is more) Under NDA. May 30, 2014

A coal mine is required to undergo federal environmental review if it seeks to expand by 50% and/or produce upwards of 5,000 tonnes of coal daily. In …