Mining

The Velvet-Wood Mine is located southeast of Moab and just miles from the Colorado state line. It hasn’t been operational since the 1980s, but it’s now become part of the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up mineral extraction and energy production.

The Trump Administration is directing federal agencies like the Department of the Interior to ramp up mining operations on federal public lands. The order singles out copper, uranium, potash, and gold.

Glenwood Springs launched their “Don’t Strip Glenwood” campaign Friday to fight against Rocky Mountain Resources, a company mining limestone a mile…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in a statement released Wednesday, said an old mine outside Minturn, a superfund site, could become the site of…

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The recent mining accident near Ouray was one of the worst in recent Colorado history. Two miners died and nearly two dozen were injured at the…