January 31, 2011, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -(Coal Geology) – Waymar Resources Ltd. (“Waymar” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: WYM) has announced that Arce Geofisicos of Lima, Peru has completed a 30 km orientation Pole-Pole Induced Polarization (“IP”), Resistivity and Magnetometry survey on the Anza property, centred on La Pastorera volcanic massive sulphide (“VMS”) occurrence, during [...]
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MSHA announces results of December 2010 impact and regularly scheduled inspections
ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 27, 2011 /Coal Geology/ — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 288 citations, orders and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 13 coal and 4 metal/nonmetal mine operations last month. The coal mines were issued 170 citations, 15 orders and one [...]
Mountain top removal mining (MTR) in USA: Coal mining and regulations
January 18, 2010 (Coal Geology): Mountaintop/Mountain-top/Mountain top removal mining (MTR), also known as mountaintop mining (MTM), is a form of surface mining that involves the mining of the summit or summit ridge of a mountain. Entire coal seams are removed from the top of a mountain, hill or ridge by removing the so-called overburden (soil,lying [...]
Mountaintop removal coal mining in Tennessee identified among Top 10 Endangered Places in the Southeast
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 18, 2011 (Coal Geology)– The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), which has used the power of the law to defend the South’s natural resources for 25 years, has released its third annual list of the top ten places in the South that face immediate, potentially irreversible damage in 2011. This year’s list [...]
