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Historic Grassroots Victory Stops Central Illinois Coal Mine

Posted January 20, 2015 by Laura
Tags: coal mining, United States

An eight year battle against a central Illinois strip mine ends in victory for the communities of Canton and Orion township. An arm of Springfield Coal Company asked the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to terminate their permit for their North Canton Mine before a court hearing challenging errors in permit approval.

Central Kalimantan Railway Gets Thumbs Down from Jokowi Administration

Posted December 7, 2014 by Anna
Tags: coal mining, Indomet, Indonesia

The Indonesian Minister for National Development Planning said last week that he would not put the Central Kalimantan Railway in the Medium Term Development Plan for 2015-2019, thus withdrawing all central government support for the project. The project would not get the status of a Public Private Partnership and would not be provided with government guarantees.