WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is recommending changes to a 151-year-old law that governs mining for copper, gold and other hard rock minerals on U.S.-owned lands, including making companies ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is recommending changes to a 151-year-old law that governs mining for copper, gold and other hardrock minerals on U.S.-owned lands, including making ...

A court ruling restricting where mining companies can dispose of tons of rock waste could have significant implications for the industry in Nevada and across the West. While cheered by ...

Participants pan for gold during a demonstration at last year's Gold Rush Days. SOUTH PASS CITY - Back in the old days, miners worked hard and played hard. This weekend, the state's second oldest town ...

The Interior Department said Tuesday that Congress and the executive branch must modernize a 150-year-old hard rock mining law to speed domestic development of renewable energy. A federal interagency ...

Researchers in the Czech Republic have reported that reclaimed post-mining lands can operate as effective, measurable carbon sinks - backed by multi-year field data and published in Engineering ...