The company behind what could become Wyoming’s first new coal mine in decades is kicking off a major initiative extract rare earth elements from coal. These critical minerals are essential for ...

DELTA, Colo. – On the Western Slope of Colorado – like many other communities across the country – sits a county where coal mining has employed thousands of people for the past century. However, in ...

Abandoned coal mines had left waterways acidic and rusty orange. Local residents are cleaning them up, and recovering valuable minerals in the process. By Mira Rojanasakul Mira Rojanasakul revisited ...

The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims ...