Utah is poised to create new zones to eventually make its goal of capturing 20% to 25% of the country’s critical minerals ...

Residents in Scofield are concerned about a proposal to build a new coal mine near the south end of Scofield Lake.

Rio Tinto (RIO) said late Thursday it suspended all surface and underground mining operations at its Kennecott complex in Utah after a contracted worker died following an unspecified incident at its ...

An active medical emergency turned industrial fatality is being investigated at the Kennecott Copper Mine.

A study last year said just over a third of Americans knew much about critical minerals, vital to the country's economic and ...

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 ...

The U.S. may be able to meet its entire need for some critical minerals through mine waste alone.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In the southeastern Utah desert famous for red rock arches and canyon labyrinths, the long-dormant uranium mining industry is looking to revive under President Donald Trump.

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 September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, can’t find enough people to fill the estimated 350 jobs needed to staff it. “The workforce is just not ...