mining

The project, proposed by Falcon Copper Corporation, is a large-scale copper, gold, silver, tungsten, germanium and gallium exploration operation proposed on the public and private land near Avon.

Jerry O'Connell writes, "We are about to pour poison into the arteries that feed the river that we’re spending hundreds of millions of dollars to bring back to life."

Conservationists sued the Trump administration Tuesday to challenge the expansion of a heavy metal mine they say will carve up one of Arizona’s ecologically important mountain ranges.

A Missoula judge has ruled that a Blackfoot Valley gravel pit permit should be completely eliminated.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finally started a Superfund cleanup of a century-old silver mill site near Philipsburg that is the one of the largest sources of mercury in the Clark Fork River basin.

In 2025, the price of gold skyrocketed. Accordingly, a record-smashing $12.2 billion worth of gold mined in Nevada — the nation’s largest gold producer — was 26% higher than the $9.7 billion mined in 2024.

Conservationists say the federal government violated the National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act by approving the expansion of the Pinto Valley Mine without placing limits on the amount of groundwater it pumps in from nearby private wells.

Conservation groups believe that the beluga whale population of Cook Inlet, already at risk, will be further harmed by mineral excavation.

The state of Montana is reviewing a exploration license for another company wanting to join the rush to mine Montana, this time on private land west of Lake Mary Ronan.

The Sheep Creek Project has been removed from the Bitterroot National Forest Projects webpage. The public can no longer access the plan of operations submitted by US Critical Minerals Corporation.