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Climate-change group plans Wyoming events this summer
    Casper Star-Tribune 5-18-2012

High Country Rising Tide, the Wyoming chapter of the national Rising Tide, a grassroots organization formed to address the causes of climate change, plans a . . .

Colorado Mining Association asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear roadless case
    Denver Post 5-18-2012

Although Colorado has developed its own plan to manage the federal roadless areas within the state's borders, officials of the Colorado Mining Association said there . . .

B.C. company says gold resource at Idaho drilling site 'significant'
    Idaho Statesman 5-16-2012

Midas Gold Corp., a British Columbia-based company, has been exploring areas of private land and the Payette National Forest in Idaho's Valley County since 2009, . . .

Trust funds for mine cleanup begin to flow into Idaho's Silver Valley
    Spokane Spokesman-Review 5-16-2012

Approximately $8.5 million from Asarco's $460-million trust fund set up to clean up contamination from decades of mining in Idaho's Silver Valley will be spent . . .

Utah offers $36M in tax incentives to 4 companies to create more jobs
    Salt Lake Tribune 5-11-2012

On Thursday, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development board approved $32.3 million in tax incentives to Xactware Solutions Inc. to increase the number of employees . . .

Federal lawsuit filed to overturn recent BLM coal lease sales in Wyoming
    Billings Gazette 5-4-2012

The Sierra Club and Wild Earth Guardians filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, asking the court to overturn the Bureau . . .

Mining companies cut coal production in Wyoming
    Casper Star-Tribune 5-2-2012

Warmer than normal temperatures this winter and more utilities switching to natural gas for power production were both cited as reasons for weakening demand for . . .

Wyoming mine blast sets of seismographs in Utah
    Casper Star-Tribune 5-2-2012

A prepared explosion at Cloud Peak's coal mine near Gillette registered as a magnitude 4.5 earthquake, and as a 4.3 earthquake at the University of . . .

Uranium mine in SW Wyoming awaits BLM permit
    Casper Star-Tribune 5-2-2012

Lost Creek LLC ISR, a subsidiary of a Colorado-based company, has obtained permits from a slate of federal and state agencies for its proposed in-situ . . .

Groups, residents protest EPA repository near historic Idaho site
    Coeur d'Alene Press 5-2-2012

Protesters gathered at the Environmental Protection Agency's East Mission Flats repository in Cataldo Tuesday morning to urge the agency to move mining waste from that . . .

Delay in mining permits cited for lack of gold rush in Oregon
    Portland Oregonian 5-1-2012

The price of gold is hovering around $1,620 per ounce, but there's little mining activity on federal lands in Oregon, and the Northwest Mining Association . . .

Colorado company bets $400M on rare earth minerals in Wyoming
    Wyofile.com 5-1-2012

Rare Element Resources plans $400 million in infrastructure projects in Wyoming near Upton and Sundance to tap into the state's rare earth mineral deposits.

Idaho mining companies make Canadian firm's list of 'U.S. cash cows'
    Toronto Globe and Mail 4-25-2012

A manager at CPMS Morningstar Canada created a list of U.S. companies that generate high profit margins and good returns for shareholders, and Idaho-based Coeur . . .

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