High-profile coal mine closures in other states have left hundreds of acres in unreclaimed mine lands and no one to pay for the clean up. North Dakota coal companies, lawmakers and regulators ...

North Dakota's industry is an economic anchor that is surviving. Subscribe. ... From the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, five big power plants were built in North Dakota, all near mines.

There are approximately 1,500 to 1,800 known abandoned coal mines in western North Dakota, but the team can only reclaim so many each year. This year, its reclaiming four strip coal mines, ...

BEULAH, N.D. – A former coal mine in western North Dakota that will be converted into a processing site for nickel mined in Minnesota was touted Wednesday as a way for the U.S. to reduce its ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The first person to spot it was a shovel operator working the overnight shift, eyeing a glint of white as he scooped up a giant mound of dirt and dropped it into a … ...

Across the country, coal plants are shutting down. Wind turbines are going up. But the transition can be rocky. In North Dakota, some officials are trying to defend coal by blocking new wind turbines.

In the early days, coal in North Dakota was mined to heat homes and businesses. Many of the first mines operated underground until technological advances in the early 20th century made strip ...

UNDERWOOD, N.D. -- A 13-million pound excavating machine at a central North Dakota coal mine is leaning but stable after the ground it was sitting on began giving way Tuesday. No one was injured ...

BISMARCK — North Dakota regulators on Wednesday approved a permit for the state’s first new coal mine since the late 1970s. The Coyote Creek Mine will cover more than 8,091 acres — about 12. ...

North Dakota North Dakota coal miners unearth ancient mammoth fossil, including 7-foot-long tusk: 'Exciting find' The well-preserved, rare fossil is believed to be at least 10,000 years old ...

North American Coal’s plan to start a new coal mine in North Dakota was approved Wednesday. Meanwhile, Dakota Westmoreland’s nearby Beulah Mine continues its pursuit of a new coal contract.

Fossil hunters are celebrating the discovery of a mammoth tusk and other bones unearthed at a coal mine in North Dakota. JACK DURA. ASSOCIATED PRESS. January 7, 2024. 3 minute read ...