Downing to Replace Loomis at Wyoming Mining Association

(Wyoming Business Report, March 3) – The Wyoming Mining Association has announced who will replace Executive Director Marion Loomis, who is retiring in April after leading the association since 1991. Jonathan Downing is stepping into Loomis’ shoes, leaving his post as CEO of the Wyoming Contractors Association, where he was CEO since 2004.. Downing holds both […]

Minerals Giants to Merge in $1.6B Deal

(Wyoming Business Report, February 24) – A pair of international corporations with industrial mineral plants in Wyoming has entered into a $1.6 billion merger agreement. Paris, France-based Imerys S.A. earlier this month agreed to purchase Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Amcol International for $41 per share, or about $1.33 billion in cash. But with debt included with the […]

KRAUTHAMMER: The Myth of “Settled Science”

(National Review, February 20) – I repeat: I’m not a global-warming believer. I’m not a global-warming denier. I’ve long believed that it cannot be good for humanity to be spewing tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. I also believe that those scientists who pretend to know exactly what this will cause in 20, 30, or 50 […]

EDITORIAL: Don’t Shut Down Coal Leases

(Casper Star Tribune, February 18) – Coal is important in Wyoming. Wyoming coal is important to the nation. It’s worth getting right how the federal government sells taxpayer coal to companies to mine. So that’s why it’s important to learn from the recent federal review of the coal tract leasing process. The report sounded some serious alarms about […]

Mining Association Director Says Coal’s Future is Bright

(Wyoming Public Media, February 15) – Wyoming Mining Association Executive Director Marion Loomis says coal’s future is bright — but that there’s a need for continued innovation — both in extraction technology and emissions control. “We’ve made such tremendous strides in reducing emission levels. We’ve increased coal production about 170 percent in this country in the […]

Uranium Mining Tech Enriched by Patent

(Wyoming Business Report, February 18) -CASPER – On Feb. 11, Casper-based Ablation Technologies LLC earned a patent for a technology the company says can quickly recover upward of 98 percent of uranium from raw ore using only water. President Jim Coates told the Business Report that the patent frees him up to better attract interest […]

BLM Lease Program a Good Value for Wyo, US

(Wyoming Mining Association, February 14)  – The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its report on federal coal leasing. The report, while calling for more transparency and some process improvement,  confirms that federal coal leases for Wyoming are being managed in a responsible fashion.  Proper oversight by government officials ensures citizens receive fair market value […]

Coal Burns Brighter as Utilities Switch from Natural Gas

(Bloomberg, February 13) – Predictions of coal’s demise in the U.S. may be greatly exaggerated. Natural gas prices at a four-year high have utilities shifting to coal to generate 4.519 million megawatt-hours a day, the most since 2011, government data show. Within three years, coal’s share of power production could climb to 40.3 percent from about 39 […]

Marion Loomis to Retire as Director of Wyoming Mining Association

(Casper Star Tribune, February 11) – Marion Loomis will retire from his position as executive director of the Wyoming Mining Association in April, leaving a void at the head of one of Wyoming’s most influential interest groups Loomis’s stature in Cheyenne was evident in the manner his retirement was announced Monday: a mention in Gov. Matt […]

FMC Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

(PR Newswire, February 5) – FMC Corporation (FMC) today reported record quarterly revenues of $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter, a 24 percent increase over the same period in 2012.  The company reported net income of $27.1 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2013, versus net income of $102.2 million, or […]