A proposed lithium-boron mine in Nevada has been delayed for a second time amid a lithium price crash caused by softer ...

Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be opening soon but it won't rely on the fossil fuel to make money ...

There’s much more to Las Vegas than casinos! If you rent a car, you can take a day trip from Sin City to explore the history ...

Geologists and mining officials speak on what this discovery means for Nevada, our country, and the environment.

About a decade before silver was discovered in Nevada, the West’s first consequential mining boom occurred on the other side ...

PHOENIX — After he started hallucinating, John Waddell began to believe he would die. He had fallen 100 feet to the bottom of an abandoned gold mine in western Maricopa County, leaving him with ...

A new “cold rush” is mining northern mineral riches. Canada’s Giant Mine serves as a warning of the high and long-term cost of such expeditions.

At the bottom of a long-abandoned mine, 50 metres below the surface, one company searches for rare Welsh gold, attracted by soaring prices and its royal connection.

Cleanup could take decades. It also has drawn attention to the West’s dirty secret: Abandoned hardrock mines, perhaps a half million, pock the landscape, leaking acid and heavy metals into ...