2013-9-18  Luminant, the largest power generating company in Texas, announced Monday it will idle two coal-fired power plants and will end lignite mining in Central Texas, in moves that will cut 500 jobs if a new EPA rule goes into effect next year.

Luminant, the largest electricity producer in Texas, announced this morning that it will shut down two of its coal-fired boilers and close three lignite coal mines in response to a recent ...

2016-9-16  EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - An East Texas mining company has announced plans to idle an active mine in Rusk County, a decision the company says will impact more than 100 employees. Luminant Mining Company said Thursday afternoon that the company would idle the Oak Hill Mine by the end of the year. The mine

2011-9-14  The Thermo and Winfield mines will cease mining Texas lignite with the idling of Monticello Units 1 and 2 and the fuel switching at Monticello Unit 3, but Luminant will continue reclamation ...

2020-4-8  To meet what it terms the rule’s unrealistic deadline and requirements, Luminant decided to idle two generating units and cease mining Texas lignite at three operations. The company will also have to implement several other actions to reduce emissions, including making

2016-9-15  Dallas power company Luminant announced Thursday it will idle coal mining operations at Oak Hill Mine in Rusk County by the end of the year and

2011-9-15  To meet the rule’s unrealistic deadline and requirements, Luminant reluctantly decided to idle two generating units and cease mining Texas lignite at three operations. Luminant will also have to implement several other actions to reduce emissions, including making substantial investments in its facilities. “Luminant is committed to complying fully with EPA regulations.

2015-4-1  Energy Future Holdings, which along with many of its subsidiaries is in bankruptcy protection, plans to cease burning locally-mined lignite at two of its Texas power plants and switch those plants entirely to burning higher-Btu Powder River Basin coal.. Energy Future’s Luminant subsidiary, in terms of lignite

2011-9-20  Luminant announced that if CSAPR is implemented, they would idle two coal-fired power plants, will end lignite mining in Central Texas and cut 500 jobs.

2020-10-23  CARTHAGE - Luminant plans to build a new solar farm on the site of its retired Oak Hill lignite mine south of Longview and on the west side of Martin Lake Power Plant. The plans for the solar farm are part of a wider push by Dallas power company Luminant for more renewable energy. Luminant's parent company, Vistra announced, at the end

2011-9-14  Luminant would also cease mining Texas lignite at three mines and implement several other actions to reduce emissions, including making substantial investments in its facilities, it said.

2020-4-6  While Luminant is preparing to meet the rule’s compliance deadline, it also filed a legal challenge in an effort to minimize the harm this rule will cause to electric reliability in Texas. To meet the rule’s unrealistic deadline and requirements, Luminant reluctantly decided to idle two generating units and cease mining Texas lignite at ...

2016-9-15  AP. Dallas power company Luminant announced Thursday it will idle coal mining operations at Oak Hill Mine in Rusk County by the end of the year and cut 100 jobs, continuing the company’s wave of ...

2015-4-1  Energy Future Holdings, which along with many of its subsidiaries is in bankruptcy protection, plans to cease burning locally-mined lignite at two of its Texas power plants and switch those plants entirely to burning higher-Btu Powder River Basin coal.. Energy Future’s Luminant subsidiary, in terms of lignite

Luminant, the largest electricity producer in Texas, announced this morning that it will shut down two of its coal-fired boilers and close three lignite coal mines in response to a recent ...

2011-9-13  Luminant said Sept. 12 that to comply with CSAPR it will idle units 1 and 2 at its Monticello coal-fired power plant and switch Unit 3 from Texas lignite coal to Powder River Basin coal.

2020-10-23  CARTHAGE - Luminant plans to build a new solar farm on the site of its retired Oak Hill lignite mine south of Longview and on the west side of Martin Lake Power Plant. The plans for the solar farm are part of a wider push by Dallas power company Luminant for more renewable energy. Luminant's parent company, Vistra announced, at the end

2021-7-1  Luminant has nine mines located from Central Texas to Northeast Texas. Keith has 33 years of mining experience in maintenance, operations and railroad. He has been in the mine maintenance support department since 2006; he started as a maintenance analyst and in 2007 he became the PdM specialist supervisor.

2017-3-29  New subsidiary is formed to mine lignite and operate an early lignite plant built to serve an aluminum facility in Rockdale in Central Texas 1953 System installs its first boiler-turbine-generator control board, on Parkdale Unit 2 1954 Lignite is used to provide electricity for aluminum production for the first time, at a Rockdale smelter 1956

2011-10-19  ROCKDALE - Luminant continues with plans to upgrade its Rockdale-based Sandow 4 Steam Electric Station and two other coal-fired Texas power plants, the Community Advisory Panel to Luminant learned ...

Luminant, the largest electricity producer in Texas, announced this morning that it will shut down two of its coal-fired boilers and close three lignite coal mines in response to a recent ...

Luminant, the largest power generating company in Texas, announced Monday it will idle two coal-fired power plants and will end lignite mining in Central Texas, in moves that will cut 500 jobs if a new EPA rule goes into effect next year.

2020-10-23  CARTHAGE - Luminant plans to build a new solar farm on the site of its retired Oak Hill lignite mine south of Longview and on the west side of Martin Lake Power Plant. The plans for the solar farm are part of a wider push by Dallas power company Luminant for more renewable energy. Luminant's parent company, Vistra announced, at the end

2020-4-8  Following through on a plan first outlined in 2014, Luminant Mining announced it will soon be halting operations at the Winfield and Thermo mines in northeast Texas. Company spokesman Brad Watson told local media that Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notices were distributed to approximately 80 employees at the ...

2011-9-12  Thermo and Winfield mines will cease mining Texas lignite with the idling of Monticello units 1 and 2 and the fuel switching at Monticello Unit 3, but Luminant will continue reclamation activities ...

2021-7-1  Luminant has nine mines located from Central Texas to Northeast Texas. Keith has 33 years of mining experience in maintenance, operations and railroad. He has been in the mine maintenance support department since 2006; he started as a maintenance analyst and in 2007 he became the PdM specialist supervisor.

2008-4-17  Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it will provide construction and commissioning support to Luminant for a $100 million-plus contract for air quality control upgrades on its Sandow Plant Unit 4 electric station in Rockdale, Texas. The Sandow Steam Electric Station Unit 4 is a lignite-fueled generating unit owned and operated by Luminant.

2011-10-19  ROCKDALE - Luminant continues with plans to upgrade its Rockdale-based Sandow 4 Steam Electric Station and two other coal-fired Texas power plants, the Community Advisory Panel to Luminant learned ...

2018-8-23  Ending a decadeslong piece of fraught Central Texas industrial history, a state agency retired a coal mining permit this week belonging to aluminum smelting giant Alcoa. The decision by the Texas ...

Safely operate large earth-moving equipment and machines including CAT 992G/H Front End Loader, Bulldozer, Scraper, and Motor Grader in lignite surface mining and reclamation activities.

Luminant, the largest power generating company in Texas, announced Monday it will idle two coal-fired power plants and will end lignite mining in Central Texas, in moves that will cut 500 jobs if a new EPA rule goes into effect next year.

Mississippi Lignite Mining Company Active Mine Land Reclamation Project, Ackerman, MS ... By the end of 2008, Luminant had provided more than $4.6 million in funding, and the program has produced more than 120 completed independent student theses and dissertations. ... Texas Utilities Mining Company (Now TXU Mining), Big Brown Mine, Fairfield ...

2013-1-24  APPLICANT: Luminant Mining Company LLC (Luminant) c/o Mr. Sid Stroud Director, Environmental Mining Luminant Power Environmental Services Department 1601 Bryan Street Dallas, Texas 75201. APPLICATION NUMBER: SWF-2012-00349. DATE ISSUED: January 24, 2013

2011-10-19  ROCKDALE - Luminant continues with plans to upgrade its Rockdale-based Sandow 4 Steam Electric Station and two other coal-fired Texas power plants, the Community Advisory Panel to Luminant learned ...

2011-9-13  Luminant said that to ensure compliance with “this extremely compressed time frame,” production and operational changes will need to be made at its large power plant and mining complexes. The company plans to idle units 1 and 2 at the Monticello power plant, and switch Monticello unit 3 from burning a blend of Texas lignite

2013-10-16  Luminant operates mines in 11 Texas counties that supply the lignite, a low-quality coal, that is burned at five Luminant power plants and can generate more than 8,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve 4 million Texas homes on an average day.

2020-2-1  In 1976, Luminant Mining company purchased approximately 4,900 acres in the community, where it ran lignite coal mining operations until 2016. In March 1978, Luminant broke ground at the Thermo site, and within their first two years of operation, the company reported they had covered about 300 surface acres.

2018-8-23  Ending a decadeslong piece of fraught Central Texas industrial history, a state agency retired a coal mining permit this week belonging to aluminum smelting giant Alcoa. The decision by the Texas ...

2020-12-4  With this announcement the list of TX coal closures continues to grow. Currently there is still about 17.4 GW of coal capacity left in TX and half of this capacity now has an announced closure date.What would it take to shutdown all of the remaining coal capacity in TX by 2030 and replace the current coal generation without adding new NG plants? 40 GW of new solar capacity in

Safely operate large earth-moving equipment and machines including CAT 992G/H Front End Loader, Bulldozer, Scraper, and Motor Grader in lignite surface mining and reclamation activities.