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The U.S. is opening its first new Wyoming coal mine in decades to extract both coal and critical rare earth metals, inching the country closer to the Trump administration’s energy independence goals.
Donald Trump has championed the mining industry. But workers worry fewer regulations could endanger their safety.
Along with opening the first new rare earth mine in the U.S. in 70 years last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Wyoming is key to
President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed several changes that would affect the struggling U.S. coal industry.
Clinging to coal: West Virginia's fight over green jobs 24:05. Belle Ayr, a strip mine that sits in the northeast corner of Wyoming, was the very first strip mine to open in the West back in 1972 ...
Following Wyoming’s lead, Montana’s congressional delegation is pushing to reverse Biden-era BLM rules that would end coal mining in the Powder
When two coal mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin abruptly closed, it left nearly 600 workers without jobs and sent shock waves through a town that calls itself the “Energy Capital of the ...
At least eight people at a coal mining site were injured when a tornado tore through the massive facility in northeast Wyoming Friday night, halting operations. No deaths were reported, officials ...