In the news today…
Grid:
- Utility Dive reports that Federal regulators have dismissed a complaint from large energy users that aimed to let customers leaving grid operator MISO’s footprint do so without making owed capacity payments.
Minerals:
- Idaho Mountain Express and Mining.com report the United States’ largest-to-date cobalt mining operation will officially launch Friday at a remote site in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, Australia-based mining and exploration company Jervois Global announced in a press release Oct. 1.
Mining:
- Argus reports a federal court has ordered the US Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to reconsider the environmental affects of Westmoreland’s plan to expand the Rosebud coal mine in Montana.
Coal:
- Bloomberg reports a start-up is aiming to make iron without the use of coal.