(Sheridan Press, April 30) – Decker Coal Mine has restored the majority of jobs cut during the mass layoffs of January 2013. General Manager Stephen Ketcham said the mine cut 59 workers more than a year ago, and of those, 32 have since been hired back. The other 27, he said, were offered their jobs back […]

(Wyoming Business Report, April 29) – Cameco Corporation saw gross profit rise from $95 million in the first quarter of 2013 to $108 million in the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 14 percent. Adjusted net earnings went from $27 million in Q1 2013 to $36 million in Q1 2014, an increase of 33 percent. […]

(Casper Star Tribune, April 24) – Some folks near Sundance are eyeing a new neighbor, and they have some serious questions. The planned rare-earth minerals mine would be one of only three outside China, which produces the vast majority of rare-earth minerals used worldwide. China’s corner on the market is remarkable, because such minerals are used […]

(Casper Star Tribune, April 21) – Stuck in the doldrums for much of the past two years, the coal industry may now have some wind at its back. The recent reversal is owed to several factors, analysts said. An unusually cold winter in large swaths of the country sent natural gas storage plummeting. The resulting increase […]

(Wall Street Journal, April 16) – Uranerz Energy Corporation has announced that it has commenced uranium mining operations at its wholly-owned Nichols Ranch ISR Uranium Project, located in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, U.S.A., after receiving final clearance from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Construction and commissioning of the Nichols Ranch recovery plant and initial wellfield […]

(Casper Star Tribune, April 14) – The rare-earth industry may be one step closer to reality in Wyoming. The U.S. Forest Service recently announced it is preparing to study the environmental impact of a rare-earth mine in the Black Hills National Forest. The agency will hold two public meetings on the planned mine, one in Sundance […]

(Wyoming Business Report, April 4) – The American Technical Education Association presented Cloud Peak Energy with the Silver Star of Excellence Award at its national conference in St. Paul, Minn. March 27. According to the ATEA, the award goes to companies that are “supported and committed to postsecondary technical education.” An official from the Northern Wyoming […]

(National Review, March 27) – In its new report on the risks from human-caused climate change, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) sets climate science back rather than “advancing” it. The report, counterfactuallytitled “What We Know,” is more an account of what the scientific community thought it knew about a decade ago than an […]

(Wyoming Business Report, March 24) – Despite posting a 70 percent net income loss in 2013 compared to 2012, Cloud Peak Energy CEO Colin Marshall is saying coal is well-positioned for a comeback. Marshall told CNBC Thursday that international demand is “tremendous” for coal and that the U.S. Energy Information Administration still expects the commodity to supply at least […]

(Wyoming Business Report, March 20) – Prices to produce yellowcake, or U308, at Wyoming’s newest producing in-situ uranium mine hovered dangerously close to spot prices during the company’s first year of production, but a company official said it’s a lot better than it looks on paper. Luckily for Casper-based Ur-Energy, which operates the Lost Creek mine […]