Mining is already underway in one state, but another is debating whether or not to begin drilling - with an endangered ...

The U.S. Forest Service published the final environmental impact statement and draft decision for the copper mine and land swap five days before the end of the Trump administration in January 2021.

A federal judge has temporarily halted the federal government's plans to transfer land in eastern Arizona for a massive ...

A U.S. federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring land to Rio Tinto and BHP for a ...

Public officials are propping up a Texas Bitcoin boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals ...

Apache tribes urge court to block Oak Flat land swap before June 16, fearing destruction of sacred ground by copper mining.

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.

A rush of proposals to mine the state’s famed “sky islands” with water drawn from overtaxed aquifers is drawing opposition ...