DOE has announced its intent to deploy Defense Production Act (DPA) funding to accelerate the expansion of transmission capacity in Virginia and West Virginia, strengthening grid reliability and infrastructure essential to national defense.

WV Governor Patrick Morrisey has declared a 60-day state of emergency across all 55 West Virginia counties and signed an executive order to provide temporary relief for the use of red-dyed diesel fuel.

Called Mine of the Future, the DOE program aims to establish domestic testing grounds for mining technologies as the United States works to strengthen its domestic critical mineral supply chain.

Yancoal Australia said third-quarter cash rose by AUD 340 million as stronger coal prices, disciplined cost control and steady operations helped offset lower production tied to planned mine work and geological issues.

Anglo American’s steelmaking coal production rose 53 percent to 2.9 million tonnes in the third quarter, driven primarily by the ramp-up of longwall production at Moranbah North.

King Charles III joined survivors, grieving families, and members of a Welsh mining community on Wednesday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, one of the deadliest mining-related tragedies in British history.