Shutterstock The Most Violent Mining Towns in the Old West The Silver State’s ghost towns weren’t all peaceful mining camps that simply dried up when the ore ran out. In fact, some of the West’s most ...

A thousand feet beneath the desert, the United States conducts experiments to verify that its weapons work. But some fear a live test could come soon.

The Ioneer project received federal approval last year after a long battle over an endangered wildflower that only grows in ...

Once finalized, the loan cannot be reversed by incoming President Donald Trump, who vowed to claw back unspent Inflation ...

With a federal push for years to mine more lithium for electric batteries — one of many efforts to reverse human-caused ...

Ioneer (ASX:INR,NASDAQ:IONR) has received a US$996 million loan from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office ...

Ioneer has secured a $996m loan from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) under the Advanced ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an ...

Western Exploration Inc. reported new results from its 2024 drilling program at a high-grade Jarbidge rhyolite discovery ... The company is looking at open-pit mining for Doby George to provide ...

Efforts to permanently ban mining in the area surrounding the refuge have since gained widespread support. A full 20-year ban is supported by the Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Council, the Nye County Board ...

(Photo courtesy US Fish and Wildlife Service) Democratic Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez ... to renewable energy projects — including mining that contributes to the conversion to electric vehicles. The ...