Copper demand is rising in the U.S. and is set to double in the next 10 years. Mining executives say more mines need to open ...

The story of this giant hole in the ground is woven into Utah’s history, but it’s also left its mark on our planet Earth.

just west of Salt Lake City, is the largest open-pit mine in the world, spanning 2.5 miles across and about 4,000 feet deep. At more than 120 years old, the mine has produced more copper than any ...

Idaho Copper Corp. (OTC Pink: COPR) is pleased to announce it has retained Barr Engineering Co. of Salt Lake City, Utah and ...

Discovered in Arizona’s Copper Triangle, Oak Flat is home to one of the richest copper deposits in the world. But the battle ...

In his mining history column for Mining the West magazine, UNR mining history professor Eric Nystrom looks at the history of the development of heap leaching, and how this technology ...

The demand for lithium is skyrocketing because it’s a key ingredient in batteries for mobile devices, electric cars, and clean energy storage. But mining lithium is expensive, slow, and harmful to the ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — The American ... also contains arsenic, lead, copper, manganese, iron and aluminum. It is a byproduct from phosphate mining operations. Gricius' bill softens pharmaceutical ...