(Associated Press, July 28) – A Colorado mining company says it has identified more than 8.8 million pounds of uranium at a site it recently acquired in Wyoming’s Shirley Basin. Ur-Energy of Englewood, Colorado, said the uranium is at an average depth of 312 feet. Ur-Energy Vice President of Geology Jim Bonner said the uranium is […]

(Wyoming Mining Association, July 29) – DENVER, CO – Comments of the Wyoming Mining Association On Proposed Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units The Wyoming Mining Association is a statewide trade organization that represents and advocates for 39 mining company members producing bentonite, coal, trona and uranium, as well as one company developing rare […]

(Wyoming Mining Association, July 23) – The Wyoming Mining Association (WMA) is inviting Wyoming residents to participate in the biggest coal advocacy event this year. Participants from Wyoming, Colorado and surrounding western states will meet in Denver on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, to send a message to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that western states value […]

(Wyoming Business Report, July 22) – The company operating the young Lost Creek uranium facility, which was commissioned less than a year ago, said Tuesday it may have already found its next production focus.Littleton, Colo.-based Ur-Energy, which has offices in Casper and the Lost Creek project outside Jeffrey City, said part of a $6.6 million acquisition from December […]

(Wyoming Mining Association, June 25) –The Wyoming Mining Association (WMA) has announced its support of Matt Mead for Governor. This early endorsement recognizes the leadership of Governor Mead in developing a Wyoming energy policy, taking a stand against federal overreach and pursuing new markets for Wyoming coal, said Jonathan Downing, Executive Director of the WMA. […]

(Wyoming Public Media, June 11) – In the week since the Obama administration unveiled new rules to curb carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants, Wyoming regulators have been digging in, trying to figure out exactly what they’ll mean for the Cowboy State. So far, they have more questions than answers. Al Minier, chair of the […]

(Cramer’s Mining Weekly, June 9) – US coal producer Arch Coal on Monday joined the fray in commenting on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed greenhouse-gas (GHG) regulations announced a week ago, saying the plan for regulating GHG would place the entire US economy at serious risk. The NYSE-listed coal producer said after analysing the […]

(Bellingham (WA) Herald, June 10) – Two state senators from Wyoming, the executive director of the Wyoming agency that oversees coal exporting, and an engineer working in the energy field visited Cherry Point and Bellingham Tuesday, June 10, to sell the concept of a coal terminal to Northwest Washington. Wyoming produces one tenth of the nation’s energy but […]

(Casper Star Tribune, June 6) – Now in the throes of election season, Gov. Matt Mead hit the campaign trail this week. But the governor, who faces two challengers in August’s Republican primary, did not shake hands in Cheyenne or pose for pictures in Sheridan. He went to Longview, Washington. The governor’s two-day whirlwind visit through […]

(Wyoming Business Report, June 6) – The nuclear portion of the Wyoming Energy Summit started off with a bang, or perhaps a controlled reaction, with the showing of the film “Pandora’s Promise.” The movie begins with anti-nuclear activists passionately protesting, and rapidly evolves to the tale of a group of people who started out against nuclear […]