Mining

West Virginia has led the nation in coal mining deaths in six of the past eight years.

Conservationists say it's a thinly veiled attempt to allow more grazing and drilling, similar to Trump's efforts to roll back national monument designations.

Plaintiff's attorney Jenny Harbine says the state's analysis of the company's proposal should have considered the potential for a large-scale mine to be built at the exploration site.

Zinke also is asking his staff to expand the agency's review to include other minerals such as oil and gas, coal, and phosphate.

The US Department of the Interior has proposed a new rule regarding coal mining and clean water. And that new rule has drawn an immediate response from Wyoming Senator John Barrasso. Here is the release from the Dept. of the Interior… Following a robust public process, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider, and Office of Surfa

The U.S. coal mining industry is projected to see a modest and short-lived rebound in 2014, driven by more production in Western states after two successive years of declines.

The mining, construction, and farming industries were the largest contributors to earnings growth.

The University of Wyoming has launched a new program for students interested in land management related to oil, gas and mining.