PRESCOTT — Now that funds are in hand and the Mexican spotted owl’s breeding season is over, the U.S. Forest Service has resumed its abandoned-mine cleanup project east of Prescott.

A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do just ...

Although the mine itself is credited with little or no production, much of the abandoned equipment — including a hoist engine, crusher, and ore feeder found around the Puritan Shaft — was ...

Fewer workers than originally predicted will be laid off from the Stillwater Mine, but it’s still really bad. In September, Sibanye Stillwater, the South Africa-based mining company, announced ...