The federal government recently offered up thousands of acres for coal mining across Utah. But recent coal mining leases have ...

While many mining towns have been abandoned, this one in Utah, by Bingham Canyon, is still thriving and is bursting with ...

After a go-ahead from the state this month, Anfield Energy will officially begin construction on its uranium and ...

Gov. Spencer Cox promotes critical minerals opportunities in Utah at international mining conference in Sydney, Australia.

While Utah does have active uranium mines, it lacks the capacity to downblend uranium to a necessary status as fuel for advanced nuclear reactor technology. The United States hopes to get in on that ...

Federal officials have rejected a mining company’s bid for 1.3 million tons of coal beneath a national forest in Utah ...

The decision marks one of several approvals still needed for the company’s long-standing plans to expand operations for about two decades across roughly 5,700 acres.

Once that critical mineral is dug up, it will leave the Copper State entirely. Despite the six-decade project still not being ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — A new report by the Utah Geological Survey details the value and the diversity of the state's mining industry — which was responsible for close to $10 billion last year. The industry ...

Environmentalists filed a lawsuit on Monday to prevent the construction of a new potash mine that they say would devastate a lake ecosystem in the drought-stricken western Utah desert. The complaint ...

Mercur Cemetery in Tooele County, but on this remote, windswept ground, our team captured something terrifying that went ...