The North Idaho College Workforce Training Center's Idaho Mine Safety Training Program was awarded a $177,439 federal grant, ...

In this month’s “We the People,” we looked into why Idaho is called the Gem State. The origin of our state’s nickname dates ...

The Idaho Mine Safety Training Program at North Idaho College has been awarded a grant for the 10th consecutive year to keep ...

In the face of mounting legal challenges, the corporate backers of a gold and antimony mine in Central Idaho hosted state and federal dignitaries Friday at the remote site to celebrate recent ...

The CuMo Exploration Project aims to search for minerals that could lead to a mine years later in mountains outside Boise. (Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun) Mining has played an important role in ...

The Australian owner of a cobalt mine in Central Idaho plans more extensive study of cobalt at a remote site in the Salmon River Mountains, and the potential for a cobalt refinery, after securing $15 ...

An Australian mining company poised to open the only cobalt mine in the U.S. has halted final construction on its Idaho Cobalt Operation west of Salmon, Idaho. Jervois Global announced Wednesday that ...

BOISE, Idaho — A historic mining district in central Idaho will soon reopen and become one of the largest gold mines in the United States after it received approval, but it wasn't without controversy.

Originally published Aug. 30 on IdahpCapitalSun.com.YELLOW PINE, Idaho — A gold mining company has begun the initial cleanup of a historic mine site in the Central Idaho mountains where it hopes to ...

Rising over the River of No Return that winds through central Idaho’s city of Challis, the dry landscape wrinkles with beige hills, beyond which the Salmon River Mountains mark entry into one of the ...

A mining-industry survey has ranked Idaho the most mining-friendly jurisdiction in the world, displacing Finland, which ranked first the prior year. The 2020 annual survey, conducted by the Fraser ...