It Is Union and Liberty: Alabama Coal Miners and the UMW. (Book Reviews).
It Is Union and Liberty: Alabama Coal Miners and the UMW. Edited by Edwin L. Brown and Colin J. Davis. (Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press, c. 1999. Pp. [xii], 184. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8173-1000-2; cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-8173-0999-3.) The United Mine Workers of America (UMW)...

Black Days, Black Dust: The Memories of an African American Coal Miner.
By Robert Armstead. As told to S. L. Gardner. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2002. Pp. xvi, 255. Paper, $15.00, ISBN 1-57233-176-3; cloth, $35.00, ISBN 1-57233-175-5.) Robert Armstead, a third-generation African American coal miner, collaborated with writer S. L. Gardner to produce this readable and useful memoir...

Taxpayers Stuck with Cost of Giant Mine's Arsenic Clean-up.
The "polluter pays" principle is not being applied in Yellowknife. Instead, Canadian taxpayers will be saddled with much if not all of the estimated $250 million cost for cleaning up arsenic-contaminated wastes at Yellowknife's Giant mine. Over 250,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust, an extremely toxic gold...

Patriot Coal Announces Mine Closures.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation today announced a broad initiative to reconfigure certain of its Central Appalachian mining complexes. As a follow-on to the earlier idling of the Jupiter complex, and based on a comprehensive review of its mining operations, the Company intends to idle...

Natural Resource Partners L.P. Increases Distribution and Issues 2009 Guidance.
HOUSTON, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P. announced today that the Board of Directors of its general partner has declared a fourth quarter 2008 distribution of $0.535 per unit for NRP, an increase of $0.01 in its quarterly distribution. The distribution will be paid on February 13,...

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Natural Resource Partners L.P./.
In the news release, Natural Resource Partners L.P. Increases Distribution and Issues 2009 Guidance, issued 21-Jan-2009 by Natural Resource Partners L.P. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first paragraph, third sentence, should read "over the fourth quarter 2007" rather than "over the fourth quarter...

International Coal Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results.
SCOTT DEPOT, W.Va., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Highlights: - Full-year Adjusted EBITDA increases 115% to $127.2 million - 2008 revenues up $247.6 million to $1.1 billion - Idling high-cost production and delaying expansion in response to market conditions - Sharply reducing 2009 capital expenditures International...

Exploration Drill Results.
TORONTO, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bryn Resources (Pink Sheets: "BRYN") is pleased to announce the following: Bryn Resources announces the company has entered into an agreement with a gold exploration JV partner to acquire an undivided 50% interest in 42 twenty acre BLM gold mineral lease claims...

Mining industry prospects bright despite financial crisis.
TUBA, Benguet -- The future for the mining industry here is still bright despite the threats posed by the global financial crisis. This was the optimistic prediction of mining experts who are working for the development of a resilient mining community that could withstand the negative impact...

Beaconsfield - A Gold Mine For Insurers?
In the December 2007 edition of Insurance Focus, we looked at the case of Allstate Exploration NL v QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2008] VSC 380 which considered the interpretation of an industrial special risks policy arising from the collapse at the Beaconsfield Gold Mine in Tasmania. The case was...