The Alabama Mining Association (AMA) held the Alabama Surface Mine First Responder Competition on June 9-12, 2025 at the Alabama Fire College’s world-class facility in Tuscaloosa. Winners of the Alabama Surface Mine First Responder Competition were as follows: Best Overall Team Nevada Gold Mines - Goldstrike Field Competition 1st – Nevada Gold Mines - Goldstrike [...]| Alabama Mining Association
This year’s winners were honored at the association’s annual Safety and Sustainability Awards Dinner on September 18th at The Club in Birmingham. Award winners were as follows: Mitigation Excellence Award Westervelt Ecological Services Land Stewardship Award Southland Resources Wildlife Conservation Award Westervelt Ecological Services Water Quality Stewardship Award Drummond/ABC Coke President’s Commitment to Community [...]| Alabama Mining Association
Paul Kavinoky has been named the President of the Alabama Mining Association (AMA), succeeding Patrick Cagle, who is stepping down to pursue a career in ministry. Kavinoky's experience makes him a natural choice to lead AMA and fulfill its mission of promoting the safe and sustainable mining of natural resources that strengthen our infrastructure [...]| Alabama Mining Association
This year’s winners were honored at the association’s third annual Safety and Sustainability Awards Dinner on September 27th at The Club in Birmingham. The awards were presented to the winners by some of this year’s judges, including Tim Gothard, Executive Director of the Alabama Wildlife Federation; Chris Blankenship, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Conservation and [...]| Alabama Mining Association
OAKMAN, Ala – Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) announces road improvement updates to Wallace Ferry/Blackburn Road leading to the Peabody Energy Shoal Creek Mine operation. In recent years, the access road to the Shoal Creek Mine has deteriorated to the point that it is no longer passable and safe for employees entering and leaving the mine [...]| Alabama Mining Association
Kimberly Ballard June 2, 2023 (McGehee Engineering Contributed) A Jasper engineering firm is using drone technology from a Huntsville company to help design a coal conveyor belt. McGehee Engineering found its niche in Alabama’s coal mining industry using aerial mapping and surveying technology. The company is using GeoCue’s TrueView LiDAR technology to quickly survey a [...]| Alabama Mining Association
The funding comes from a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investment in the USGS Mineral Resources Program’s Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), which dedicates more than $74 million for new mapping work each year to modernize our understanding of the Nation’s fundamental geologic framework and improve knowledge of domestic critical mineral resources both still in the ground and in [...]| Alabama Mining Association
By John C. Driscoll, Director & CEO of the Alabama Port Authority It’s no secret that Alabama’s economy is booming, and so is business at your Port. In 2021 alone, the Port was responsible for $85 billion dollars of economic impact and created nearly one-in-seven jobs statewide. On top of that, our economic activity [...]| Alabama Mining Association
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt boosted an Alabama coal-mining operation during a hearing with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. In the hearing, Britt said some of President Biden’s economic policies are “strangling economic activity across the country.” During her questioning, Britt (R-Montgomery) drew attention to Alabama’s Warrior Met Coal. The business has applied to [...]| Alabama Mining Association
The Alabama Mining Association (AMA) today announced the winners of the yearly AMA Safety & Sustainability Awards. This year's winners were honored at the association’s second annual Safety & Sustainability Awards Dinner on November 15th at The Club in Birmingham. AMA’s goal with the awards is to highlight examples of successful safety and sustainability initiatives [...]| Alabama Mining Association