South Dakota may miss out on the lithium boom. The folks drilling for that vital battery metal in the Black Hills may all want to…
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We’d better hope those rare-earth elements up in North Dakota didn’t also get sprinkled into the Black Hills; otherwise, we might have a hard time…
California can figure out how to tax lithium mining, but South Dakota can’t. Representative Kirk Chaffee (R-29/Whitewood) proposed House Bill 1072 to subject lithium to…
Nepotism, inattention to elected duties, and general incompetence aren’t nuisances to the 217,008 South Dakotans who reëlected Governor Kristi Noem yesterday. But 1,993 voters in…
Knife River, a subsidiary of utilities and construction conglomerate MDU Resources, which in 2018 bought Sioux Falls-based concrete/gravel/asphalt producer Sweetman Construction Company, which operated as…
An eager reader notices that yet another Canadian energy company is angling to exploit South Dakota’s natural resources. Vancouver-based Pegasus Resources has bought 147 lode mining…
Dang—our most off-topic commenter is right: Powertech/Azarga still wants to slurp up our water to squirt uranium out of the Black Hills. After receiving Underground…
The Lawrence County Commission shows some good sense and again votes down a proposal to mine the rim of Spearfish Canyon for gold. In a…
The Lawrence County Planning and Zoning Board unanimously recommended last week that the county not permit Deadwood Standard Project/Valentine Mining Ccompany LLC to blast for…
The Valentine Mining Company still wants to dig for gold just over the rim of Spearfish Canyon. Eight years after first seeking approval for its…