The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday took steps to increase recovery of critical minerals, used in everything from electric vehicles to high-tech weapons, from mine waste, coal refuse, tailings ...

Business In coal country, a new chance to clean up a toxic legacy. Waste from abandoned and bankrupt mines has contaminated more than 12,000 miles of waterways.

West Virginia’s only remaining coal refuse–fueled facility, the 80-MW Grant Town Power Project, is a 2021 Top Plant winner for powering on, despite challenges, to remediate 530,000 tons of ...

The Biden administration put out rules last year to help control toxic coal ash in old, unused ponds that hadn't had federal ...

The Trump administration just dealt another blow to U.S. environmental regulations — one that could allow more contamination ...

Coal refuse from mines and processing plants is typically made of fine particles too small to burn or low-quality coal. When stored in piles, the waste can pose environmental risks, ...

Coal refuse, as defined by the bill, is any byproduct of coal mining, coal cleaning, or coal preparation, and includes matrix material, clay, and other organic and inorganic material.

HAZLETON – Developments in the coal refuse industry are paying dividends in northeastern Pennsylvania. That was the message from Sen. John Yudichak, I-14, Swoyersville, who led a discussion a… ...

A measure included in Pennsylvania’s 2020-21 fiscal year budget will help support the coal refuse industry.“Locally, the state’s coal refuse industry will be greatly helped as a result of ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A coal refuse fire in the Winterpock community of Chesterfield County has been successfully extinguished after burning for weeks. The fire was first reported by ...

NESQUEHONING, Pa. -- Lawmakers in our area from both sides of the aisle are coming together to try to keep an energy industry above water. State senators are asking for help to save the coal ...