Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be operating soon but it won't rely on the fossil fuel to make money.

Not only do we get coal here, we are going to get those rare earth elements that are going to break our dependence on China,” ...

The new Brook Mine, though relatively small, offers a glimmer of optimism for Wyoming’s coal industry as potentially the state’s first new coal mine in 50 years.

National, state leaders to gather for Brook Mine ribbon cutting, Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years focused on rare earth minerals.

ROCK SPRINGS -- Over the past decade, Bridger Coal Co. has slowly expanded its 36-year-old Sweetwater County mine to include new underground operations -- while maintaining the existing surface mine ...

With all the new changes, “Powder River Basin coal in Wyoming automatically becomes significantly more competitive,” Deti said.

In Wyoming, BLM's Buffalo Field Office proposed an end to federal coal leasing in its area as well. There are a dozen coal mines in BLM's Buffalo region that produced 220 million tons of coal in 2022.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright claimed the venture will "break dependence on China" as Trump pushes ahead with fossil fuel projects ...

DENVER (AP) — Federal officials on Monday took a first step toward reopening vast areas of public lands in two Western states to new coal sales as part of President Donald Trump's push to expand ...

The expansion permits Signal Peak Energy to extract nearly 60 million tons of coal from the Bull Mountains mine north of Billings.

Entangled in the congressional infrastructure debate, Wyoming’s biggest source of mine cleanup funding expired last week, raising questions about the future of reclamation.

The U.S. secretary of energy and other elected officials are preparing to travel to Wyoming for the opening of the first new coal mine in the state in more than five decades. The ribbon cutting ...