Copper $ 4.673 / lb -0.07%
Brent Crude Oil $ 64.92 / bbl -0.02%
Palladium $ 1033.75 / ozt 0.61%
Crude Oil $ 61.59 / bbl -1.09%
Natural Gas $ 3.368 / Btu -1.38%
Silver Futures $ 33.545 / ozt 0.81%
Aluminum Futures $ 2417.5 / ton -0.59%
Micro Gold Futures $ 3343.8 / ozt 0.72%
Micro Silver Futures $ 33.53 / ozt 0.90%
Platinum $ 1076.3 / ozt 1.52%
Gold Futures $ 3316 / ozt 0.70%
Go to MDC Markets

Mountaintop mining project moving forward after judge reinstates mine permit

Andrew Topf | April 01, 2012 | 6:45 pm Energy Europe Coal 

West Virginia's largest-ever mountaintop mining project is moving forward again, after a federal judge ruled the EPA overstepped its authority in rejecting a critical permit. The massive strip-mining operation involving 2,278 acres south of Charleston has been in the works...

Mining.com Recommends