coal mine

BEULAH -- After a trip to a North Dakota coal mine Tuesday, a U.S. Department of the Interior official agreed to take more of the state’s concerns into consideration when enacting federal regulation. Along with North Dakota’s congressional delegation, Janice Schneider, Interior...

BISMARCK (AP) -- The Stark County Commission acted properly when it approved land-use changes to allow development of a new coal mine, gasification factory and electric power plant in southwestern North Dakota, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The Dakota Resource Council,...

BISMARCK -- Two North Dakota organizations are threatening to sue if Public Service Commissioners Kevin Cramer and Brian Kalk don't remove themselves from making decisions about the South Heart Coal mining permit application. Kalk said the notice of intent to file a lawsuit "has...

BISMARCK (AP) -- State regulators said Friday they plan to take more time to review plans to open a new coal mine in southwestern North Dakota after a technical review found hundreds of deficiencies in the application. The North Dakota Public Service Commission's review of South...

BISMARCK (AP) -- State regulators said Tuesday that the permit application for a coal mine in southwestern North Dakota was deficient and they returned the document to developers for a second time requesting more information on reclamation, financing, mining facilities and water impacts. South...

A coal company has re-submitted its application for a strip coal mine three miles west of South Heart after state officials deemed it deficient in April.