A proposed expansion of the Rustic Ridge coal mining operation is drawing fire from environmental advocates and local residents, who say the project threatens to repeat the ...

A closed coal mine in Beulah, North Dakota, will be repurposed to process nickel mined in Minnesota. Talon Metals will operate the $365 million facility, creating 150 jobs and supplying nickel to ...

BEULAH, North Dakota – A former coal mine in western North Dakota that will be converted into a processing site for nickel mined in Minnesota was touted Wednesday as a way for the U.S. to reduce ...

Trump administration weighs new coal leases at Naaco's North Dakota mine - Reuters Apr. 01, 2025 4:54 PM ET NACCO Industries, Inc. (NC) Stock By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor Play (<1min) ...

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.

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 ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota is among about two dozen states set to receive millions in federal funding for reclaiming abandoned coal mines. The U.S. Department of the Interior is awarding ...

North Dakota ranks third in the nation for oil and gas production, behind Texas and New Mexico, and is the fifth-largest coal producing state, according to federal data. GET FULL ACCESS ...

Coal produced in North Dakota accounts for about 5 percent of the nation’s supply of the fuel. The plan only applies to mining on land that is owned by the government.

In this image provided by Coleman Fredricks, coal miners unearthed a mammoth tusk in May 2023 at the Freedom Mine near Beulah, N.D. The North Dakota Geologic Survey subsequently visited the mine ...