Mining

A three-mile section of the East Fork Lewis River is on its way to recovery, despite concerns about future environmental restoration funding.

A proposed Southeast Oregon mine’s been under review for three years. Now the Trump administration is giving people four days to comment before proceeding.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump say they will meet Friday in Washington as the two countries finalize a deal on mineral resources.

Paramount Gold will soon begin preparing an environmental impact statement, which will open the company's mining proposal up to regulatory and public scrutiny.

Paramount Gold has submitted its operations plan to federal regulators and is closer to a permit decision from the state of Oregon, but still faces a long road to approval.

An Australian company staked a massive lithium claim on the desert playa only to later find the land is off limits to mining.

At least three companies have staked mining claims in some of the best remaining sage grouse habitat in Oregon.

The company exploring an Oregon lithium deposit is encouraged by efforts to bolster the U.S. critical minerals supply chain, but a mining pitch is still years away.

Oregon’s senior senator says the U.S. needs to source, refine and recycle more critical minerals like lithium domestically as the nation transitions off fossil fuels.

A supervolcano, a massive eruption and a lost lake left Oregon with what could be the largest known lithium deposit in the United States.