The Company, through a newly created subsidiary, Range Bluegrass Land LLC (“Range Bluegrass”), acquired all of the real and personal property of the Premier Elkhorn Mine Complex and the Cambrian Coal ...
Dave Hoffman of West Virginia University's Water Research Institute holds up a vial of light rare earth oxides at a facility that separates them from acidic groundwater draining from an abandoned coal ...
On a special episode of The Excerpt podcast: There are thousands of abandoned coal mines all over the United States, many of which continue to be sources of toxic waste that threaten local communities ...
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The demise of the coal industry left much of Appalachia in economic tatters, with lost jobs, spoiled water, and depopulated ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images There are about 500,000 abandoned mines in ...
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MOUNT STORM, W.Va. — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting essential elements from an old coal mine that they hope ...