Find me About

About power, china’s coal, china mine fire, killed

BEIJING (AP) — A fire in a southeastern China coal mine trapped and killed 12 workers, an official said Saturday, in the latest fatal accident for China's mining industry, the deadliest in the world. The chief of the coal mine management section in ...http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-08-China-mine_N.htmNANCHANG, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- A coalmine fire has left 12 workers dead in east China's Jiangxi Province, local authorities said Saturday. The accident took place at about 4 pm Friday at t...

About hobet mine permit, patriot coal mine, environmental protection, mountaintop coal

We've got a much more detailed story on the Gazette Web site now about the Hobet 45 permit deal announced today by the Obama administration. But the agreement raises lots of questions — enough to go around and for all sides of the ...http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2010/01/05/hobet-45-deal-mountaintop-removWest Virginia's Congressional delegation welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to drop its objections against a surface mine by Patriot Coal Corp. The application for H...

About hobet mine permit, patriot coal mine, environmental protection agency, epa

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The US Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday gave hope to two West Virginia mountaintop coal mines, saying it supports a permit for one facility owned by Patriot Coal Corp. ...http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201001051517dowjAP Caught Misleading On Climategate In the midst of the push for environmental regulation in connection with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared carbon...

About workers, chile copper mine strike, new

The Altonorte Metallurgical Complex, an operation of Xstrata Copper North Chile Division, announced that the workers in Labour Union No 1 have accepted the company's offer, which will be the basis for the new collective contract that will be in effect ...http://steelguru.com/news/index/MTI3NzAw/Xstrata_Copper_Altonorte_and_union_No_1Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Copper climbed for a sixth day to the highest level in 16 months, adding to the biggest annual gain in more than two decades in 2009, on specul...

About hobet mine permit, environmental protection agency, coal, epa

AP Caught Misleading On Climategate In the midst of the push for environmental regulation in connection with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared carbon dioxide — a substance produced by ...http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/2688-epa-prWASHINGTON – The US Environmental Protection Agency today announced a path forward on two coal mining operations in West Virginia. EPA is informing the US Army Corps of...

About codelco workers, copper mine, codelco chuquicamata, new, chile copper strike

CALAMA, Chile, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Top global copper producer Chile's Codelco said on Monday a strike by workers halted output at its giant Chuquicamata complex, the world's second biggest and accounts for about 4 percent of mined copper. ...http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0420673120100104NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) - US copper futures ended the first trading session of the year sharply higher on Monday, as a combination of dollar weakness, strong manufacturing data, and supply threats in Chile ...

About copper mine, codelco chuquicamata, chile copper strike

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Copper miners at a huge Chilean copper complex went on strike Monday morning in a labor dispute that had been brewing for months. The Chuquicamata mine accounts for about half the copper ...http://www.thestreet.com/story/10655100/1/chilean-strike-sends-copper-higher.htmWorkers at the world's second biggest copper mine have begun strike action over pay, according to union leaders. The walk out at the Chuquicamata mine in Chile began at 0500 local time on Monday (0800 GMT)....

About chuquicamata mine, monday, workers, chile’s, new, chile copper strike

NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) - US copper futures ended the first trading session of the year sharply higher on Monday, as a combination of dollar weakness, strong manufacturing data, and supply threats in Chile drove prices up to a new 16-month peak. ...http://in.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idINN0424547820SANTIAGO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Workers at Chile's Chuquicamata, the world's second biggest copper complex, began a strike over pay early on Monday, hitting output from glob...

About monday, chuquicamata workers, chile’s, chile strike, chile copper, chuquicamata mine

Workers are threatening to strike the Chile's largest state-run copper mine over a failure to negotiate a new contract. Union spokesman Jamie Greg says workers at the Chuquicamata mine plan to strike early Monday morning because negotiations are at a ...http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9CVT7P00.htmCommodity markets made a flying start to 2010 with crude oil rising by more than $1 a barrel, sugar prices extending their record-breaking run and strong gains for copper spearheading a br...

About low, mining deaths, sago mine

AP The number of miners killed on the job in the United States fell for a second straight year to 34, the fewest since officials began keeping records nearly a century ago. FILE - In this March 28, 2009 photo, section boss ...http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9459833LOS ANGELES — The Fox television network and Time Warner Cable have announced an agreement in principle on a television programming deal that will allow signals to continue for millions of cable subscribers. Fox had threate...