Strip-Mining Request Targets 2,500 Acres
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AURORA __ A Beaufort County strip-mining operation that is one of the regions largest employers is asking regulators to allow it to destroy 2,500 acres of wetlands.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 4--Atlantic Civil has taken steps to halt plans for an amped-up rock mining operation on nearly 600 acres in Florida City originally planned for a mega-development of some 6,000 homes.
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By Elizabeth Bluemink, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 8--The Army Corps of Engineers this week suspended a wetlands permit for the Rock Creek and Big Hurrah gold mines under construction near Nome.
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More than 30 years ago, an abandoned mine in Pennsylvania coal country was turned into a dump for toxic waste. Lots of it
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By S.J. Komarnitsky, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Mar. 9--WASILLA -- A proposed permit to allow exploratory coal drilling  around the Matanuska Valley community of Chickaloon prompted a deluge of  responses from concerned residents and others.
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BHP Billiton plans an aggressive $US1.5-2 billion ($2.1-2.8 billion) near-doubling of its coking coal production over the next five years to meet the China-inspired surge in demand for carbon steel-making materials through mine expansions and developments
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By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 9--Utah Mining Association President David Litvin looked at displays  for a proposed surface coal mine southwest of Bryce Canyon National Park and  saw a solution to the country's increasing demand for electricity.
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By PATRICIA FARRELL AIDEM\\ Staff Writer  County planners have received dozens of requests, mostly from environmental groups, urging more time to add their comments before this week's final hearing on the first phase of the huge Newhall Ranch project.
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The Department of the Interior is about to approve a regulation that would allow and even encourage mountain top mining, which involves blasting off the top of a mountain and dumping the remains in nearby valleys and streams. Yes, that's as bad for the environment as it sounds.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 5--A proposed 2,500-home subdivision near the Pima-Santa Cruz County line may be dead for the second straight year.
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Dominion Resources said Monday that it planned to sell the properties to Linn Energy for $2.05 billion in order to focus on power generation and transmission.
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By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 11--With water wells running dry and well contamination reported in some areas, Fresno County is working to secure rights to 5,000 acre-feet of water each year.
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By Charles McCarthy, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 11--MADERA -- The Board of Supervisors expects to vote at a special 6 p.m. meeting today on whether to allow a rock quarry and asphalt mix plant on 53acres of Madera County foothill pasture land.
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Platinum, used in jewellery and auto catalysts, jumped to another record high above $2,000 an ounce on Monday, on lingering power supply which disrupted mining in main producer South Africa.
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Platinum continued its record-setting rally Wednesday, briefly rising above $2,000 an ounce for the first time amid concerns that a power shortage in South Africa could slow mining operations for several years.
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The nation's largest gold-producing state is being asked to investigate whether mercury emissions from its mines are contaminating area fisheries.
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 7--Pima County is taking the State Land Department to court in an attempt to overturn a decision allowing mining in Davidson Canyon.