U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney said "responsible energy development is important to Utah's energy industry and rural economies." The Interior forecasts 100 new jobs at the Alton mine.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The U.S. has finished the environmental review for a major coal mining project in Utah, marking the first expedited coal lease under President Trump’s ‘Big, beautiful ...

Alton would be the second major federal coal tract leased in Utah since the 2017 inauguration of President Donald Trump, who has made the revival of the U.S. coal industry and “American energy ...

Coal remains a component of the U.S. energy portfolio and in Utah, according to the Energy Information Administration, the state derives 46% of its net electricity generation from coal.

Two Utah counties are suing the Obama administration over its moratorium on new leases to mine coal on federal land. Kane and Garfield counties and a nonprofit sued the Interior Department’s ...

Flat Canyon is one of four big federal coal leases in contention in Utah, all of which environmental groups oppose. The most controversial is the proposed expansion of the Coal Hollow mine near Alton.

Until now, Alton Coal Development, LLC has mined 635 acres of private land in Coal Hollow. It wants to expand on to 3,576 acres of federally owned land, administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The U.S. has finished the environmental review for a major coal mining project in Utah, marking the first expedited coal lease under President Trump’s ‘Big, beautiful ...

In 2016, as much as 75 million tons of Utah’s recoverable coal sought by mining companies were called into question after then-Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued a halt to any new federal ...