High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. How technology detected a huge mine landslide before it happened http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.8/how-technology-detected-a-huge-mine-landslide-before-it-happened Employees at a Kennecott copper mine outside Salt Lake City knew an April 10 landslide was coming No publisher Marshall Swearingen copper mining landslide Kennecott Utah Copper Bingham Canyon Mine 2013-05-10T21:14:12Z News Article Economics, not environmental regs, are battering coal power http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.19/economics-not-environmental-regs-are-battering-coal-power If King Coal wants a boost, it should go after "Drill Baby Drill." No publisher Jonathan Thompson mining natural gas electricity Hot Times King Coal coal War on Coal 2012-11-27T16:36:53Z News Article There's (still) gold in them thar hills http://www.hcn.org/articles/theres-still-gold-in-them-thar-hills Soaring prices are driving a new gold rush -- among mining behemoths and small-time prospectors. No publisher Cally Carswell mining gold high country views west of 100 podcast gold prospecting podcast highcountryviews 2012-05-22T17:35:33Z Audio The return of the Lords of Yesterday http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-return-of-the-lords-of-yesterday The Old West-style extractive economy is roaring back to life, powered by the insatiable energy needs of countries like China. No publisher Paul Larmer mining Western economy oil and gas amenity economy Wyoming Energy production Douglas coal global economy China extractive industries Charles Wilkinson Chesapeake Energy 2011-08-16T21:55:03Z News Article Boom or bust for the West's fossil fuel economy? http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-global-west/boom-or-bust-for-the-wests-fossil-fuel-economy The developing countries of Asia will drive future fossil fuel production in the West. No publisher Robert Jackman multinational corporations mining energy consumption Western economy oil and gas Energy production coal global economy China extractive industries natural resource exports 2011-07-21T21:44:34Z News Article The return of the Lords of Yesterday http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-return-of-the-lords-of-yesterday The West's once-faltering extractive economy is roaring back to life, powered by the energy needs of developing countries like China. No publisher Paul Larmer multinational corporations mining Western economy oil and gas Jonathan Thompson Energy production coal global economy China extractive industries 2011-07-21T21:25:38Z News Article Jonathan Thompson on the West's Chinese 'stimulus package' http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-global-west/jonathan-thompson-on-the-wests-chinese-stimulus-package Jonathan Thompson talks with Cally Carswell about how foreign demand is influencing the West's latest extractive boom. No publisher Cally Carswell oil and gas High Country Views podcast mining globalization 2011-07-26T19:48:48Z Audio When the locals don't want your coal, sell it overseas http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-global-west/when-the-locals-dont-want-your-coal-sell-it-overseas Global markets could keep Powder River Basin coal flowing overseas for decades to come. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Powder River Basin mining natural resource exports energy production coal global economy China extractive industries coal mining Black Thunder/Jacobs Mine 2011-07-21T21:32:12Z News Article The Global West: how foreign investment fuels resource extraction in western states http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/the-global-west China's insatiable energy appetite is fueling a natural resource boom in the West. No publisher Jonathan Thompson multinational corporations mining Western economy oil and gas Wyoming Energy production Douglas coal global economy China extractive industries natural resource exports 2012-03-02T01:44:17Z News Article Rare-earth reality check http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/rare-earth-reality-check Suddenly, everyone is eyeing the West's rare-earth deposits, but mining and processing the metals will not be easy. No publisher Joshua Zaffos mining rare earth oxides Mountain Pass Mine Bear Lodge Mine Rare earth metals Rare Element Resources manufacturing 2011-04-25T14:22:52Z News Article You gotta dream big when you dream about oil shale http://www.hcn.org/wotr/you-gotta-dream-big-when-you-dream-about-oil-shale Why not mine oil shale here in the West, but send it off to be processed somewhere else? No publisher Ed Quillen energy industry oil shale mining kerogen 2010-02-05T08:50:47Z News Article The Bush administration is moving to mine our heritage http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14221 Mike Dombeck and Chris Wood blast the Bush administration for trying to mine the West’s untouched public lands No publisher Mike Dombeck and Chris Wood Public Lands mining Bush public land 2010-02-05T09:29:12Z News Article Why one Nevada town is the last, smartest boomtown http://www.hcn.org/wotr/14130 Steve Voynick praises Elko, Nevada, for getting ready for the inevitable gold-mining bust. No publisher Steve Voynick gold mining mining gold gold mining bust 2010-02-05T09:28:53Z News Article Red Mountain miracle http://www.hcn.org/articles/17224 In southern Colorado, conservation groups find a way to save 9,000 high-altitude acres from second-home development. No publisher Morgan Heim and Jonathan Thompson Access And Inholding mining development mining claims second homes conservation Trust for Public Land 2010-02-05T09:40:03Z News Article A gold mine in the Colorado wilderness? http://www.hcn.org/articles/17044 The owners of a 1938 mining claim in the Uncompaghre wilderness plan to start digging for gold. No publisher Morgan Heim Intrusions wilderness mining gold mining Forest Service 1872 Mining Act 2010-02-05T09:27:32Z News Article