The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has granted approval to Hurricane Creek Mining to commence coal mining operations on Bryson Mountain in Claiborne County, Tennessee. The approval enables the ...

Looking at the material < 1 mm, the plant even has to process 33% less fine material when working with surface miner coal. The surface miner delivers more than 70% target size coal (2 – 40 mm ...

The Trump administration said it permitted a proposed coal mine in Claiborne County, Tennessee on Tuesday under an expedited ...

Using Wirtgen surface miners in the mining process significantly reduces equipment, ... In addition, working with a surface miner reduced coal mining losses and dilution of coal in the mine.

The federal agency that oversees surface coal mining said Wednesday that it would consider drafting new rules to ensure that coal companies can afford to clean up land they damage – though the ...

Surface coal mining itself is governed by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA), in place for almost 40 years. Wildlife benefit from the abundant vegetation at reclaimed mines.

Tom Pyle is the president of the Institute for Energy Research. In recent days, activists protesting the practice of surface mining in the Appalachian region stormed the Capitol and engaged in a ...

A joint resolution headed for President Trump’s signature would repeal a law that limited mining companies’ ability to dump earthen mining waste into streams, but this resolution actually ...

WASHINGTON — The federal government on Wednesday banned mountaintop coal mining from more than 500 miles of ridges in East Tennessee’s Cumberland Mountains, handing a victory to the state and ...

Mine operators have been increasingly turning to an alternative to conventional rip-and-stack or drill-and-blast coal mining – the use of surface miners. Diverse studies and tests show that ...

Mine operators have been increasingly turning to an alternative to conventional rip-and-stack or drill-and-blast coal mining – the use of surface miners. Diverse studies and tests show that surface ...