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• Abandoned Underground Mines Resurface, Cause Sinkholes

  March 7, 2013 9:21 AM

  After a man in Florida was swallowed by a sinkhole that opened underneath his house, experts here say sinkholes also can occur in Colorado, but for different reasons and on a smaller scale. The deadly chasm in Florida was caused by shifting limestone and water. Here in Colorado there's... more »

• Interior Dept. to ban mining near Grand Canyon

  January 8, 2012 6:42 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Interior Department is moving forward with a plan to ban new mining claims on 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon, even as congressional Republicans try to block efforts to limit mining operations in an area known for high-grade uranium ore. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is... more »

• Ban on mining claims near Grand Canyon extended

  June 20, 2011 10:34 PM

  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The Interior Department has extended a temporary ban on the filing of new mining claims in a one-million-acre area near the Grand Canyon. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made the announcement Monday during a visit to the iconic park. The department has been analyzing whether... more »

• Deal would speed cuts in western coal pollution

  June 19, 2011 11:49 AM

  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Aging coal-fired power plants across the West could be forced to install costly pollution control equipment under a new agreement between federal regulators and environmentalists. Many utilities already have cut air emissions in recent years to meet health standards. Next up are even deeper cuts... more »

• Area's of National Forest blocked for logging and mining

  June 1, 2011 5:27 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has extended for another year a rule that blocks most logging and mining in millions of acres of remote sections of national forests. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he wants to preserve the so-called roadless rule while officials wait for federal courts to... more »

• Mining company still pursuing La Plata metals

  May 22, 2011 1:39 PM

  DURANGO, Colo. (AP) - A troubled mining company that has endured years of rejected permits in the La Plata Mountains isn't giving up efforts to extract precious metals from mines dormant since the 1940s. Wildcat Mining Corp. has tried since 2006 to acquire permits to extract precious metals gold,... more »

• Panel upholds OK of mine plan near Crested Butte

  January 13, 2011 7:57 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado officials have rejected a conservation group's challenge of a company's plan to look for molybdenum at an old mining site near Crested Butte. High Country Citizens' Alliance executive director Dan Morse said his group is disappointed and reviewing its next steps. "We're very concerned about... more »

• Zimbabwe government takes over mining

  November 6, 2010 11:19 AM

  HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's government says it is taking over a joint mining venture after allegations its private partners are dealers of blood diamonds. Goodwills Masirembwa, chairman of the state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, said Saturday all 12 directors of a company called Core Mining have been banned from... more »

• New Colorado rules for uranium mining

  August 13, 2010 8:24 AM

  State officials have approved new rules intended to protect Colorado's groundwater during a type of uranium mining that extracts the mineral by injecting a solution underground. The requirements approved Thursday by the Mined Land Reclamation Board include detailed environmental protection plans for uranium mines and maintaining existing groundwater quality... more »

• More than 100 miners freed in China 'miracle'

  April 5, 2010 11:30 AM

  At least 115 miners were pulled alive from a flooded coal mine in north China after being trapped for over a week, eating tree bark to survive and prompting jubilant officials to hail their survival a miracle. Rescued miners wrapped in blankets were hurried to waiting ambulances that sped... more »

• Thousands of Colorado layoffs blamed on exports drop

  February 11, 2010 9:26 AM

  State figures show Colorado exports to other countries fell nearly 25 percent last year during a global recession. The state's director of international trade, Pam Reichert, says exports fell from about $7.7 billion in 2008 to about $5.8 billion last year. Jim Reis of the World Trade Center in... more »

• Hwy 67 will be closed part of Thursday

  November 5, 2009 12:40 PM

  Highway 67, between Victor and Cripple Creek, will be closed part of this afternoon because of blasting operations by the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining Company. Drivers can expect a 10 to 20 minute traffic stop at approximately 2 p.m. County Road 81 is an alternate route between Cripple... more »

• Mercury leaking at closed California mine sites

  September 18, 2009 12:09 PM

  Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people. But an Associated Press investigation found that the federal government has tried to clean up fewer than a dozen... more »

• Rockslides at the mine scar

  September 13, 2009 9:59 PM

  Last December the Pike View Quarry had a major rockslide that shut down operations at the enormous mine. Sunday evening, another rockslide created havoc on the mountain. "Apparently with all of the rain we've had, mother nature isn't done yet." says Mac Shafer with Transit Mix Aggregates. The heavy... more »