Rep. Dick Anderson, R-Willow City, the sponsor of House Bill 1459, said the bill is needed to position North Dakota for a ...

Coal companies say technology doesn’t exist to meet the Biden-era rule and could put the national electricity grid at risk.

Coal seams in North Dakota’s Williston Basin are a potential source, with Dan Laudal, a researcher at the School of ...

But whether there is a business case to mine for these elements in North Dakota is still up in the air because questions remain on how much of the coal has high rare earth concentrations ...

President Trump signed an executive order on April 8th exempting 68 coal-fired plants, including five in northwest North ...

Freedom Mine, owned by a division of NACCO Industries, produces between 11.5 million and 13.5 million tons of lignite coal annually in Mercer County, North Dakota.

House Bill 1459 aims to create a legal framework that would boost commercial development of rare earth elements and other "critical minerals" found in the beds of North Dakota's lignite coal.

April 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday took a key step toward leasing new areas to a North Dakota coal mine that is proposing to operate through 2045. The publication of a draft ...