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Sen. Steve Daines: Thanks to President Trump, we're protecting Montana’s mines

Montana’s mining industry is critically important to not only our state but the country. Hard rock mining for critical minerals like copper, platinum, palladium, and silver provides more than 18,000 good-paying jobs for Montanans, adds nearly $430 million to the state’s economy, and provides an essential

Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads

Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads

(MIDDLETOWN, CT) Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a vast delta of jungle wetlands teeming with wildlife. River dolphins and endangered Orinoco crocodiles ply its waterways, and over 1,000 freshwater fish and bird species can be found there. During the rainy

US, Venezuela restore ties as Washington pushes for minerals access

US, Venezuela restore ties as Washington pushes for minerals access

Venezuela and the United States are restoring diplomatic ties, the two countries announced Thursday, in a new sign of thawing relations after Washington ousted former president Nicolas Maduro. The announcement came as US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wrapped up a two-day trip to Venezuela, part of US President Donald

After oil, US moves to secure access to Venezuelan minerals

After oil, US moves to secure access to Venezuelan minerals

US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday as he pushed for greater access to critical minerals. Burgum represents an administration which says it in effect runs Venezuela and controls its vast natural resources like oil

Groups challenge Trump’s ’emergency’ orders that allow a Bull Mountain Mine expansion

A lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal district court in Billings challenges the “emergency” orders issued by President Donald Trump that have allowed the Department of the Interior to bypass oversight and public comment and expand coal mining in the Bull Mountains. The lawsuit claims that emergency conditions don’t remotely

Eyes on the mines: Burgum, Zinke tout tariffs and mining in visit to Butte

BUTTE — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Rep. Ryan Zinke are touting tariffs as the solution to bringing back Montana mining. Burgum and Zinke discussed where Montana fits in the global mineral trade after touring the Lance College of Mines and Engineering at Montana Tech University in

'I couldn't breathe': The dark side of Bolivia's silver boom

'I couldn't breathe': The dark side of Bolivia's silver boom

In the bowels of a Bolivian mine that made the Spanish empire fabulously wealthy 500 years ago, high prices are driving a new silver rush -- with tragic consequences. Lured by soaring prices for silver and tin, youths like Efrain Villaca are risking their lives to try find new seams in