Cowboy State Daily

Judge Reverses Denial Of Leases For Controversial Casper Mountain Gravel Mine

A Natrona County District Court judge on Tuesday reversed the Wyoming State Board of Land Commissioners’ denial of leases for ...

See 30-year history of the proposed copper mine at Arizona's Oak Flat

Oak Flat in Arizona is at the center of a struggle that's going on three decades. Here's everything that has happened with ...
The Australian Financial Review

Rio Tinto begins work on Pilbara’s ‘last crown jewel’

Rio Tinto says it will spend hundreds of millions of dollars preparing the way for the development of the country’s next major iron ore mine, a project it hopes will underpin the next generation of ...
Los Angeles Times

‘The Abandons’ tries to mine new ground, but treads old western territory instead

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ah, the western. That great American canvas, upon which many sorts of motion pictures have been projected, ...
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Western Mines Group Announces Director’s Interest Change

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Wall Street Journal

The Failed Crusade to Keep a Rare-Earths Mine Out of China’s Hands

For years, a mining project in Africa held the promise of helping free the West from its dependence on China for rare earths. Some weeks back, it fell into Chinese hands. The failure of Peak Rare ...
CNN

A flood inside a coal mine in West Virginia has trapped a coal miner inside

Emergency responders were hoping to use an underwater drone Sunday to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coal mine, authorities said. A mining crew hit an unknown pocket of ...
The Denver Post

Western Colorado football rallies to beat Colorado Mines, remain unbeaten

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Western Colorado Mountaineers took another step in their quest to reach the RMAC football mountaintop. Senior quarterback Drew Nash punished the Colorado ...
KARE 11

Western South Dakota limestone mine approved without public input because no laws required it

Residents and government leaders in the small western South Dakota city of Piedmont are in shock that the state approved a limestone mining operation without notifying them in advance about the ...
Alaska Public Media

In Western Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consultation

A panorama of the Kigluaik Mountains on the road between Nome and Mary's Igloo. This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Alaska Public Media. The Kigluaik Mountains stretch across the ...
WUNC

NC DEQ denies permit for Western NC mine that operated illegally for months

North Carolina regulators have formally denied a Mitchell County quarry's effort to obtain a permit after it operated without one for months. Earlier this month, a Mitchell County Superior Court judge ...