coal mines

One new rule is in, while a drafted bill is out. Both attempt to find solutions for disposing of blades, with the adopted rule allowing for burial at former coal mining sites.

More layoffs are coming to surface coal miners in Sweetwater County, just about eight months after the first round of layoffs.

A Wyoming-based company foresees a different use for Powder River Basin coal, one that potentially could be more climate friendly. However, some nearby residents still are concerned about the act of mining coal.

The two largest American coal producers have pushed back against the Federal Trade Commission's claim that a proposed merger would cause "anticompetitive…

This is a developing story.Coal companies with mines in Wyoming are making adjustments as COVID-19 increases its spread worldwide. Wyoming has 10…

A new study published by researchers at the University of Wyoming could make mine cleanups less ecologically impactful. The scientists tested something…

Wyoming's Environmental Quality Council has approved Department of Environmental Quality updates to how companies guarantee reclamation costs. If signed…

Glance at a satellite image of northeast Wyoming, and you can’t miss the coal mines. Even zoomed out, the square-cornered grey blotches stand…

Federal officials are objecting to a coal company's plan to restructure and emerge from bankruptcy, because, they say, it looks a lot more like a plan to…

More than 50 years ago residents of Rock Springs were shocked to learn that many of their houses, schools, and churches were in danger. The coal mines…