Mining

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13 things to know about mining exploration in the La Plata Mountains

Metallic Minerals plans to resume drilling as soon as this summer

May 29, 2026

Canadian-based company seeks exploratory permit to drill uranium in northern New Mexico

Arriba County commissioner says he’s mobilizing opposition

March 26, 2026

Metallic Minerals will host open houses about La Plata exploration

Sessions are Thursday in Breen and Friday in Cortez

September 3, 2025

Work underway to put out mining fire that’s burned for more than 20 years

Contractors use excavation equipment to extinguish a site where a coal mine waste fire has smoldered for more than two…

June 6, 2025

Navajo advocates say prez’s approval of uranium transport, Trump coal order feels like a betrayal

Longtime advocate says ‘Man in the black hat’ and ‘Mr. yellow hair’ are getting too close

April 22, 2025

Uranium proposal elicits memories of past contamination

Energy plan leads to concerns about groundwater impacts

January 15, 2025

What people in Mancos think about mining in the La Platas

exploration company found over a billion pounds of copper in La Plata Canyon, but it’s not guaranteed it will be…

November 14, 2024

In La Plata Mountains, possibility of copper mining has neighbors anxious

Metallic Minerals faced stiff opposition at a community meeting in Breen

November 12, 2024

Gold King Mine owner sells property to government, ending litigation

Hennis will receive $919,000 for property near Silverton

May 16, 2024

How will the state use Gold King Mine settlement funds?

A pot of $7.3 million is available to address damage to natural resources

May 11, 2024

On second try, U.S. House approves GOP bill to ease mining on federal lands

Rep. Stansbury argued the bill could benefit subsidiaries of foreign mining companies, including Chinese companies.

May 9, 2024

Why did it take so long for the Navajo Nation to secure a Superfund designation?

from 40 years of uranium mining has contaminated watersheds across the reservation

April 2, 2024

Locals wary of plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste

Residents concerned plan to process historic mine waste could threaten Arkansas River, unearth town’s long-buried history

March 31, 2024

First Superfund site on Navajo Nation to address uranium mining pollution

Residents in Arizona community have suffered impacts of radiation exposure for decades

March 15, 2024

Without abdicating authority, EPA responds to Butler criticism

quality expert left role in November citing lack of engagement by federal agency

February 23, 2024

Frustrated, Peter Butler leaves Superfund advisory group

‘We are not consulted’ wrote outgoing chairman

December 21, 2023

USGS helicopter begins mapping geology in Southwest Colorado

low-flying aircraft is not taking images, but collecting magnetic geophysical data

September 13, 2023

Silver dream goes bust: Ouray mine faces lawsuits for $10M in unpaid bills

big plans to revive famed Revenue Mine, owners shut down and are in receivership

November 25, 2022

Bulkheads caused the Gold King Mine spill. Could they also be part of the solution?

Remediation tool can limit acidic drainage, but experts must also understand the complicated hydrology

March 30, 2022

Passage of federal abandoned mine legislation likely faces uphill battle

Experts raise doubts over bill’s viability, but say it’s a step in the right direction

March 5, 2022

Coal seam fires in Southwest Colorado deemed low risk

Funding increases after suspected link to Marshall Fire; two smolder in Montezuma and La Plata

February 16, 2022

New legislation would address abandoned mine pollution in Southwest Colorado

Conservation groups, nonprofits and local governments could finally join remediation efforts

February 4, 2022

$90 million settlement reached to pay for mine cleanup near Silverton

helps resolve liability issues around 2015 Gold King Mine spill

January 22, 2022

White Mesa Mill in southeast Utah enters the rare earth market

Fuels seeks to create a domestic supply; industrial plant near Ute Mountain tribe has divisive history

September 30, 2021