A company with Canadian roots that calls itself “US Critical Materials” is trying to fast track a plan to build a large mine on public land immediately above the headwaters of one of Montana’s best ...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is the last great wilderness in the Midwest, consisting of more than 1 million acres of glacial lakes and mixed North Woods forests. This is the destination ...

The Department of the Interior has approved a major expansion of the Rosebud Mine in Rosebud and Treasure counties, Montana, authorizing the recovery of approximately 33.75 million tons of federal ...

An investigation into last year’s accident that left 12 people trapped, 4 injured and 1 dead in the Mollie Kathleen Mine in Teller County ruled it was due to ...

Biden officials point to the Eagle mine as proof that mining critical minerals in the U.S. can gain public support while avoiding pollution and trampling Indigenous rights. Not everyone is convinced.

OAK GROVE, Ala.—New ownership at an Alabama mine accused of causing a fatal home explosion earlier this year is raising old concerns for residents in rural Jefferson County, less than an hour’s drive ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A Colorado mine in Moffat County will close its doors by Jan. 1, 2026, meaning over 130 workers will be without jobs. The Colowyo Coal Company is located on Highway 13 northeast of ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — There was the California Gold Rush of the 1850s and the Tucson Gold Rush of the late 1880s. Prospectors by the thousands descended on the Santa Catalina Mountains searching in ...