Mining – The Durango Herald

BLM issues lease for coal mine expansion in La Plata County

Federal agency accepts company’s $3.4 million bid

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

GCC Energy offers to pay $3.5 million for coal mine expansion

BLM must decide whether bid meets fair-market value

DATE: Apr 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Silverton native receives lifetime environmental achievement award

Larry Perino spent more than four decades in mining industry

DATE: Mar 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. plans to open millions of acres of public land to drilling, cattle

Cuts to federal land clash with Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Colorado conservation groups

DATE: Feb 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Company to shut down inactive New Mexico uranium mine

GRANTS, N.M. – A Texas-based company won’t resume operations at an inactive uranium mine and instead plans to begin an estimated 16 months of closure activity to reclaim the site in western ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

La Plata Canyon to be explored for mining potential

Gold, silver and copper may be worth extracting

DATE: Sep 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kayenta Coal Mine layoffs hit as Navajo Generating Station closure looms

WASHINGTON – The last 265 workers at Kayenta Coal Mine are being laid off as August comes to an end, another step toward the looming closure of the Navajo Generating Station that will bring ...

DATE: Aug 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Mining proposal in Santa Fe National Forest draws opposition

PECOS, N.M. – A proposed exploratory mining operation on Santa Fe National Forest land is drawing fierce opposition from some northern New Mexico residents. Residents near the vil...

DATE: Aug 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Partisan bills compete to reform hard-rock mining laws

Democrats and Republicans propose different solutions

DATE: May 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado coal production dips in 2018

GRAND JUNCTION – Production at Colorado coal mines dipped slightly last year from 2017 levels. The Daily Sentinel reports that the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and ...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

BLM provides roundup of regional projects

Revived resources advisory council gets back to work

DATE: Mar 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

State lawmakers consider tougher financial oversight on hard-rock mining

Bill would end self-bonding and require companies to demonstrate financial fortitude

DATE: Mar 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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