How about if the waste from doing it is dumped straight into mountain streams? Mountaintop removal is a radical form of coal mining in which the tops of mountains are literally blasted off to access ...

A rush of proposals to mine the state’s famed “sky islands” with water drawn from overtaxed aquifers is drawing opposition ...

Currently, the US has only one producing rare earths mine, the Mountain Pass held by MP Materials (NYSE: MP), located just 10 km to the south. “The Department of the Interior’s public support ...

and community members will come together to celebrate and explore the impact of mining in the Rocky Mountain region and beyond at a new industry event this fall. The inaugural Rocky Mountain ...