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U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is looking to a bipartisan innovation bill, the Endless Frontiers Act, to expand research into critical and rare earth…
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The likely new owners of four million acres of mineral rights and a million acres of land primarily in Wyoming is Orion Mine Finance, a subset of the…
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report recommending changes to the agency responsible for keeping mines…
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Every state is wrestling with the tension between reopening economies and protecting communities from COVID-19. Some industries have remained open all...
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The law that governs today’s hardrock mines on public lands in the West is nearly 150 years old. New legislation this week from House Democrats would...
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The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) has developed a new tool to better understand where particular minerals exist across the state. The tool is an…
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Retirees of the Kemmerer Coal Mine won't be getting their expected health-care benefits, but the United Mine Workers of America aren't giving up. Mike…
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Two years ago, Jim Bills retired from the Kemmerer mine in Southwestern Wyoming."After spending seven years in the Air Force, I spent 36 years with…
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Sales and use tax collection increased by nearly 11 percent for the state compared fiscal year 2018, according to a new report from Wyoming's Economic…
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The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is looking for a way to deal with idle limiting mining operations (LMOs). Those are small aggregate, or…