Rocky Mountain Industrials (RMI) was ordered to stop mining by the U.S. Department of the Interior in a Jan. 3 letter citing permit violations and a lack of evidence of market development. RMI, which ...

The potential for environmental impact is significantly less for limestone, sand, or gravel quarries than gold mines, and ...

On Wednesday evening, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a redacted copy of its long-awaited Determination of Common Variety report for the Rocky Mountain Industrials limestone mine, ...

New quarries could be shielded from virtually any county or municipal oversight, including the controversial open-pit limestone mine proposed for Parleys Canyon, under a bill unveiled Monday in the ...

The limestone quarry proposed for Parleys Canyon is back. Despite intense opposition from Salt Lake County residents and elected officials, proponents of the controversial aggregate mine intend to ...

The Bureau of Land Management has concluded there is nothing particularly special about the limestone being mined at the Mid-Continent Limestone Quarry a mile above Glenwood Springs. The decision ...

For nearly a century, the curve of the Mississippi River just east of Scott City was a hotbed for limestone mining. In 1998, mining stopped. Now, production is back on as the new Grays Point Stone and ...

BENTONVILLE -- A jury voted to allow an application for a limestone quarry in the Cross Hollows area but also set conditions for the mining operation. The panel deliberated for almost two hours Monday ...

SALT LAKE / SUMMIT CO., Utah — Parleys Canyon may soon be home to an open-pit limestone quarry, according to a proposal filed with Utah mining regulators this month. A recently formed LLC called Tree ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - An opposition campaign called "Don't Strip Glenwood" will formally launch Saturday, but there's already growing opposition in the region to a planned mine expansion ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A plan to vastly expand a limestone mining operation on the northern edge of Glenwood Springs will set this Western Slope tourist town back a century, ...

  VINCENT, Alabama -- Before kickoff at tonight's Vincent High School football game, there will be a special presentation concerning land acquired for the institution to expand athletic ...