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Strata Energy proposes to sell a significant amount of Wyoming uranium to a Belgium company.

Wyoming Uranium Producer Ramps Up To Meet $100M-Plus Sale To European Buyer

Strata Energy is accelerating its uranium production from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin with plans to ramp up to 2 million pounds annually. The company is expected to double its workforce to sell $88 million to $117 million worth of uranium to a European buyer.

Pat MaioJuly 08, 2024

Oil And Gas Producers Say Outdoors Council Bids Up State Lease Sale To Inflate Costs

Casper-based Kirkwood Cos. Is crying foul after it says the Wyoming Outdoor Council duped the company into paying much more for an oil and gas lease by bidding it up during a state-run sale.

Pat MaioJuly 05, 2024

South Cheyenne rancher Ed Prosser looks north of his farmland off of Chalk Bluff Road where 1.2 million solar panels will be visible after Canadian energy giant Enbridge builds the $1.2 billion project starting next year.

Road Deal Clears Way To Build Giant 1.2 Million Panel Cheyenne Solar Farm

Enbridge will pick up $12 million of the $14.5 million needed to upgrade a road south of Cheyenne to access its giant 1.2 million panel solar farm south of Cheyenne. The deal clears the way to start construction on the $1.2 billion project.

Pat MaioJuly 05, 2024

Gordon Issues Order To Keep Environmental Activists From Impacting Wyoming Lease Sale

In preparation for next week’s oil and gas lease auction, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has signed an emergency order to help keep environmental activist groups from driving up bids and taking energy-rich leases from developers.

Pat MaioJuly 04, 2024

Boar's Tusk in Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Kansas Company Planning Gigantic 600,000-Acre Carbon Capture Project In SW Wyoming

A Kansas-based company is moving forward to build a 600,000-acre carbon capture project in underground caverns in Lincoln, Sweetwater and Uinta counties in southwest Wyoming.

Pat MaioJuly 04, 2024

The Rare Element Resources demonstration processing plant will repurpose an existing industrial site near Upton, Wyoming.

Construction Delays, Inflation Push Back Opening Of $53 Million Upton Rare Earths Plant

Rare Element Resources Ltd. has delayed the July opening of its rare earths plant in Upton, Wyoming. Construction delays and 21% inflation will push the opening back at least two months.

Pat MaioJuly 02, 2024

AES Corp. plans to develop a 150-megawatt wind farm adjacent to its Pioneer wind farm near Glenrock.

Energy Giant Files Permit To Build $233 Million Wind Farm Near Glenrock

Virginia-based AES Corp. says it’s going to build a $233.4 million wind farm near Glenrock, Wyoming. They claim it will bring 200 jobs and produce enough electricity to power 44,000 homes.

Pat MaioJuly 02, 2024

A Dyno Nobel crew of two sits in a pickup truck under the loading dock for ammonium nitrate in Saltdale, California.

Dyno Nobel Keeps Railcars Of Explosive Ammonium Nitrate In Abandoned Calif. Town

Dyno Nobel in Cheyenne made headlines last year when it lost 30 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate. Cowboy State Daily and two industry experts Monday observed railcars of the stuff the company holds in the abandoned town of Saltdale, California.

Pat MaioJuly 02, 2024

With last year’s permanent closing of the Intermountain Speedway in South Cheyenne, the road to the High Plains Business Park where the Meta enterprise data center is being built was recently renamed the High Plains Road. (

Social Media Giant Meta (Facebook) To Formally Announce Massive Wyoming Data Center

Social media giant Meta, formerly Facebook, will make a formal public announcement next week of its plans to build a massive data center in south Cheyenne. The center is expected to guzzle power from a huge new $1.2 billion solar farm.

Pat MaioJune 29, 2024

Wyoming Oil And Gas Producers Fear Tiny Lease Sales ‘The New Normal’

Thursday’s tiny federal oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming was a throwback to pre-2000 levels, and given the political climate for fossil fuels, state producers fear this may be “the new normal.”

Pat MaioJune 28, 2024

Huge 326,000 Panel Wyoming Solar Farm May Be Delayed Over Road Worries

A huge 326,000 solar panel project in Goshen County may encounter delays in construction because of a recent change in road and bridge permitting requirements and concerns about tearing up local roads.

Pat MaioJune 28, 2024

Wyoming Seeks To Beat China To Become Top Rare Earths Producer

The state of Wyoming is financing rare earths mining projects that could eventually become the largest in the United States. The goal is to loosen China’s grip on the market.

Pat MaioJune 27, 2024

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This 150-megawatt solar farm along the South Greeley Highway south of Cheyenne is owned by Atlanta-based Southern Co. and is close to supplying Black Hills Energy with power. It's also in the middle of Wyoming's Hail Alley.

Huge Insurance Bills Don't Stop Solar Projects In Wyoming's Hail Alley

Catastrophic hailstorms haven’t been kind to solar developers, and insurance companies have noticed. Premiums to insure the large solar projects planned for Wyoming's Hail Alley continue to rise.

Pat MaioJune 26, 2024

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon speaks at the Campbell County Federal Overreach Town Hall in Gillette on June 25, 2024.

Gordon Vows To Fight Coal Mandates As Wyoming Hires Pedigree Law Firm

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon vowed during a Gillette town hall Tuesday to wage a legal fight with the federal government to rollback on federal mandates on coal and other Wyoming energy industries, and the state has hired a pedigree law firm to do it.

Pat MaioJune 26, 2024

Legal Mess Ties Up $500 Million Wyoming Wind Farm Project

An influential seven-member industrial siting group in Wyoming plans an early July meeting to sort out a legal mess that could determine the future of the $500 million Rail Tie wind farm development in Albany County.

Pat MaioJune 24, 2024

Military Could Invest In Mining Critical Minerals In Wyoming

The U.S. military has a huge interest in rare earth materials, something Wyoming has an abundance of. For instance, the U.S. Air Force’s F-35 stealth fighter takes 850 pounds of rare earths to build.

Pat MaioJune 23, 2024

The intechange of Interstates 25 and 80 in Cheyenne is undergoing construction, but another huge $500 million revamp is in the works.

Overhaul Of I-25/I-80 Interchange In Cheyenne Will Cost $500 Million

The cloverleaf interchange where Interstates 80 and 25 intersect in Cheyenne will get a $500 million overhaul with huge flyover bridges to keep thousands of semitrucks moving freight across the West. It could take up to a decade to complete.

Pat MaioJune 21, 2024

The Dyno Nobel plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Coal Downturn Hammers Cheyenne Explosive Maker, Dyno Nobel Sales Fall 19%

Explosive chemical sales are down significantly at the Cheyenne-based Dyno Nobel plant because of declines in coal production in northeastern Wyoming. They report sales to coal markets fell 19% mainly due to power units switching to natural gas from coal.

Pat MaioJune 20, 2024

Gov. Mark Gordon, left, and President Joe Biden.

Wyoming, Utah First To Sue BLM For Putting Conservation Over Mining

Wyoming and Utah have become the first states to sue the BLM over an obscure rule that weighs conservation over mining interests in how 245 million acres of public lands are managed.

Pat MaioJune 19, 2024

Global Uranium Corp. is expanding to Wyoming to take advantage of a uranium boom. The company is seen here drilling at its Enmore Gold Project in Australia in 2022.

Wyoming's Uranium Mining Boom Draws Another Foreign-Owned Exploration Firm

Global Uranium Corp., an exploration company with mining operations in Canada, has become the latest foreign-owned company to expand to Wyoming to take advantage of a uranium mining boom.

Pat MaioJune 19, 2024

Rail cars roll into the Black Thunder mine empty and roll out full of Wyoming coal.

In 954-Page Letter, Wyoming’s Powder River Basin Blasts BLM’s War On Coal

The top elected county officials of nearly 70,000 people who live in Wyoming’s coal heartland of the Powder River Basin blasted the BLM on Tuesday for its rules to end coal in a massive 954-page letter submitted to the agency.

Pat MaioJune 18, 2024

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