uranium mining

Trump Names More Priority Minerals for U.S. Mining Revival

Federal authorities want to rebuild domestic production of the metals and metalloids required for modern technologies. Their list of critical minerals keeps growing.

By Dylan Baddour

Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry

By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow

Uranium Company Receives Wyoming’s First Fast-Tracked Mining Permits

By Jake Bolster

Canadian Company Exits Contentious Uranium Mining Project in Western Alaska

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

A National Quest for Uranium Comes to Remote Western Alaska, Raising Fears in a Nearby Village

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

In Canada’s ‘Silicon Valley’ of Mining, Speculators Power a Hunt for Alaska’s Minerals

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

Uranium Mining Revival Portends Nuclear Renaissance in Texas and Beyond

By Dylan Baddour

Tribal Members Journey to Washington Push for Reauthorization of Radiation Exposure Compensation Act

By Noel Lyn Smith

After Navajo Nation Condemns Uranium Hauling on Its Lands, Arizona Governor Negotiates a Pause

By Noel Lyn Smith

Tribes and Environmentalists Press Arizona and Federal Officials to Stop Uranium Mining Near the Grand Canyon

By Noel Lyn Smith

This Month’s Superfund Listing of Abandoned Uranium Mines in the Navajo Nation’s Lukachukai Mountains Is a First Step Toward Cleaning Them Up

By Noel Lyn Smith

Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms Uranium Mining Has Had on Them, and the Threats New Mines Pose

By Noel Lyn Smith

First Uranium Mines to Dig in the US in Eight Years Begin Operations Near Grand Canyon

By Wyatt Myskow

‘We’re Losing Our People’

By Eli Cahan, Capital & Main

The US Nuclear Weapons Program Left ‘a Horrible Legacy’ of Environmental Destruction and Death Across the Navajo Nation

By Cheyanne M. Daniels