SNL, Taylor Kuykendall, 2/2/2017 Former U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Director Joseph Pizarchik saw one of his agency’s most controversial regulations across the finish line only weeks ago. Now, Congress is sprinting to get it off the books. “The rule is good for coal country,” Pizarchik said of the Stream Protection Rule. […]

(Financial Times, January 30) – Coal at Christmas is typically a bad omen. Private-equity backed Ramaco Resources has nonetheless handed investors one final stocking filler. The Kentucky-based owner of four coal mines with no operating history fired the starting gun on an initial public offering this week, filing paperwork with US securities regulators in what […]

(Business Wire, January 20) – Cloud Peak Energy Inc. announced its Antelope Mine received the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Industry Reclamation Wildlife Stewardship Award.  The mine, located in Northeastern Wyoming, was recognized for its successful efforts to promote population numbers of Golden Eagles and other raptors through habitat enhancement and use of effective protection […]

(Sheridan Media.Com, January 11) – The Sheridan Senior Center’s Help at Home program got a $15,000 boost from Cloud Peak Energy Wednesday. Dave Schwend, general manager of the company’s Spring Creek Coal Mine, presented the check to Senior Center representatives in a brief program in the center’s dining room in Sheridan. He said the company, […]

(Casper Star Tribune, January 6) – Wyoming coal production hit about 302 million tons in 2016, according to preliminary counts from the Energy Information Administration, mirroring what some believed were overly optimistic predictions made by Wyoming economists in October. Official data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration should be available by mid-January. The numbers […]

Wyoming Business Report, January 5) – This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew its proposed rule that would have put new regulations on in-situ uranium recovery (ISR). In January 2015, the EPA issued a proposed rule requiring uranium recovery operators to conduct up to 30 years of groundwater monitoring following uranium production. On Jan. […]

(Associated Press, January 2) – The market for a peculiar type of clay is looking up thanks to improved prospects for oil and gas drilling and to cat owners who use the stuff to soak up their pets’ business. Over 90 percent of all bentonite mined in the U.S. and almost half worldwide comes from […]

(SNL, January 3) – Total U.S. coal rail traffic for the week ended Dec. 24 rose 20% year over year to 84,518 carloads, according to data from the Association of American Railroads. Year-to-date coal rail traffic represented a 20.4% decline, a continued downtrend. The total rail traffic for the week was 496,633 carloads and intermodal units, […]

(SNL, January 3) –  Ramaco Resources LLC has officially marked its intention to open itself to the stock market by filing for an initial public offering. The Kentucky-based mining operation filed an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Dec. 29. The coal company was rumored to go public in 2017 and […]

(E&E Publishing, November 17) – Coal-state senators are poised to assume several of the most prominent leadership positions in Congress, promising to roll back a series of environmental regulations and offering a modicum of support to an industry badly in need of a lifeline. The ascension of coal-field lawmakers sets the stage for a pitched […]