3+ hour, 20+ min ago  (802+ words) The West has grown tired of a familiar scene. A president stands before a dramatic landscape and, with the stroke of a pen, announces that millions of acres of land, and the lives wrapped up in them, have been placed…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (319+ words) In the 1970s, when OPEC halted oil shipments to the United States, Congress established the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It was an emergency measure to stockpile oil against a future crisis. Reducing China's mineral advantage won't happen overnight. Global minerals demand is…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (645+ words) Utah won a $30 million bid for US Magnesium's land, water rights and mining agreements on Tuesday as part of a wider strategy to refill the shrinking Great Salt Lake. The asset transfer is the latest in a series of unfortunate…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (225+ words) For 35 years, I've lived at the mouth of Parleys Canyon " directly "downwind" from the Harper/Kilgore mining operation. Living with constant fugitive dust, frequent cleanup and lingering anxiety over health impacts takes a toll. It reinforces a simple truth: Air…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1187+ words) The top power brokers in the Utah Legislature announced on Tuesday one of their aims for the 2026 legislative session is to make Utah the No. 1 destination for critical mineral extraction and processing in the country. By doing this, Utah may…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (557+ words) A Utah-based company announced it has uncovered 16 critical minerals and rare earth elements at Silicon Ridge in Utah County's Lake Mountains. Independent assays from ALS Chemex confirm the deposit as a halloysite-hosted ion-adsorption clay " the same geological formation that supplies…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (628+ words) Those of us who call southeastern Utah home welcome the jobs, tax revenue and domestic supply of clean-energy minerals that Velvet-Wood promises Opinion: How the Velvet-Wood uranium mine will benefit southeastern Utah Those of us who call southeastern Utah home…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (209+ words) Readers" Forum: Fast-tracking uranium mine will hurt Southeast Utah communities The ground broke on the Velvet-Wood project, a uranium and vanadium mine in southeast Utah, on Nov. 6. The project is being led by a Canadian company, Anfield Energy. The Velvet-Wood…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (599+ words) The geographical distance separating Utah from Auckland, New Zealand, is more than 7,000 miles " and the gap between the Beehive State and Sydney, Australia, is even wider. As officials at World Trade Center Utah are apt to say: "Opportunity knows no…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (856+ words) More than 13 million acres of public lands were opened up for coal leasing by the Trump administration at the end of September. The announcement, titled "Interior Unleashes American Coal Power in Bold Move to Advance Trump Administration Priorities," outlined ways…...