Experience shows that Utah must exert aggressive oversight of rare earth bonanza mine,” writes The Salt Lake Tribune ...

The Silicon Ridge mine could bolster efforts to make U.S. less dependent on China as it seeks to lead the world in AI, ...

Utah’s desert is suddenly looking less like empty space on the map and more like the front line of a new resource race. A discovery of critical minerals and rare earth elements at a site called ...

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 ...

Canada-based Anfield Energy can begin construction on mine in San Juan County, Utah Utah has given the go-ahead for a uranium mine located about 20 miles northeast of Monticello. Anfield Energy, a ...

Note to readers • This story was originally published by High Country News. In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, couldn’t find enough ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — 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 ...

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In late September, an underground coal mine just outside the town of East Carbon in rural Utah caught fire. More than two months later, it’s still burning. Now, the once-bustling mine called Lila ...

Prohibition was in full force in February 1923 when Deputy Sheriff R.T. Edwards arrested three bootleggers in Sego, Utah, closed their drinking parlors and confiscated 75 gallons of booze. That must ...

In 68 years of far-ranging enterprise, Utah Construction & Mining Co. has spent hardly any money on advertising or public relations. For good reason. “We don’t sell to the ultimate consumer,” explains ...