A major coal mine in Wyoming has received approval to open up a huge new section of federal land for mining. This newly accessible area contains around 14.5 million tons of coal. That is a little more ...

FILE - Energy Secretary Chris Wright listens during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Capitol Hill, June 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) ...

GILLETTE, Wyo. — The amount of coal mined in northeast Wyoming declined by 4.8 percent in 2015, according to the latest coal production numbers. The 12 active mines in the Powder River Basin dug out ...

President Joe Biden’s administration approved legislation blocking new coal mining in parts of Wyoming and Montana due to climate change concerns. Republican politicians in both states vowed to ...

Federal officials are undoing a Biden-era rule that ended new coal leasing in the prolific Powder River Basin spanning northeast Wyoming and southern Montana. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, at ...

WRIGHT – What’s the value of a new 440-million-ton federal coal tract in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin mining district in today’s market? Pretty low, according to some Powder River Basin coal producers ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades plans to process the fossil fuel to extract hard-to-get metals that are crucial for tech products and ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades is launching a potentially half-billion-dollar effort to extract rare earth metals from the fossil ...