Nevada, with the most abandoned mines of any state in the nation, is likely to benefit from at least a few of the 15 proposed ...

The reversal comes after the Bureau of Land Management cancelled a public meeting in February on the proposed withdrawal.

Now a new and perhaps even more vexing concern has emerged: Highway sinkholes stemming from long-abandoned mines. Three sinkholes have opened up along I-80 in Wharton since late December.

A 2023 study suggests that the shafts of such abandoned mines could serve as energy-storing gravity batteries. Editor's note: Readers often ask us for follow-ups on memorable stories. What has ...

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal ...

Stronghold Digital Mining will clean up its unpermitted coal ash dump at its waste coal power plant in Venango County, which fuels its crypto mining operations. Pennsylvania has the most abandoned ...

In reality, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of abandoned mines in the Okanagan. It’s just that most, but not all, didn’t amount to much. “The Dankoe Mine between Keremeos and Osoyoos ran ...

For decades, data on gross and net revenues at individual Nevada mines — and the amount of taxes paid on those revenues — have been at the heart of state mining tax debates and legislation. And for ...