Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GRAND JUNCTION — Miners, roughnecks and mill workers on the Western Slope are facing a tough accumulation of downturns in the coming year that will ripple ...

The company that’s considering open-pit mining on the Santa Rita Mountains’ west slope has obtained extensive private land holdings there. It says they’re large enough to accommodate waste-rock and ...

This week, specialists in mining, civil engineering, geomechanics, geology, hydrogeology and geophysics will come together in Seville, at Slope Stability 2018, to explore new techniques for improving ...

GRAND JUNCTION — Miners, roughnecks and mill workers on the Western Slope are facing a tough accumulation of downturns in the coming year that will ripple out to government coffers, schools and small ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - Two western Colorado regions with close ties to the coal mining industry will work to diversify their economies with the help from a federal program. The Daily Sentinel in ...

Optimizing the assessment of risks associated with pit slope failures is of paramount importance for ensuring the safety of mine personnel and equipment. Equally important is the avoidance of business ...

DENVER – Colorado has fined a Western Slope mining company $7,000 for using a banned road near a La Plata County gold mine. Wildcat Mining Corp. was fined by the state’s Mined Land Reclamation Board ...

The first of many hiring waves has begun for the company to possibly become one of the region’s top employers. Morgan Mining announced in February its expansion in Grand Junction, bringing with it 893 ...