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Environmentalists lose bid to halt uranium mine in Arizona

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2012 file photo, then Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, center, standing in front of a map of the Grand Canyon, is applauded after announcing a twenty year ban on new mining claims near the Grand Canyon in Washington. A federal appeals court has revived a challenge to a company's right to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, said a lower court must determine whether the U.S. Forest Service erred in finding that Energy Fuels had a valid, existing right to mine outside the national park's South Rim entrance. Environmentalists and the Havasupai Tribe had challenged the Forest Service's decision. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Court revives claim involving uranium mine near Grand Canyon

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

File - In this Jan. 9, 2012 file photo, then Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, center, standing in front of a map of the Grand Canyon, is applauded after announcing a twenty year ban on new mining claims near the Grand Canyon in Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of an Obama-era action that put nearly 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon off-limit to new mining claims. Environmentalists hailed the decision Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, but say they're worried the Trump administration is working to end the ban administratively. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

High court denies review of Grand Canyon-area mining ban

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 22, 2005, file photo shows the North Rim of Grand Canyon in Arizona. A federal appeals court ruling keeps in place an Obama administration ban on new hard-rock mining claims around the Grand Canyon. (AP Photo/Rick Hossman,File)

Court keeps ban on new mining claims around Grand Canyon

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 22, 2005 photo shows the North Rim of Grand Canyon in Arizona. Federal officials are proposing to lift the Obama administration's ban on issuing new mining leases for mining uranium from public land outside Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona. The Forest Service's announcement Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, of the proposed change responds to President Donald Trump's executive order for federal agencies to eliminate numerous restrictions on energy production. (AP Photo/Rick Hossman,File)

US moves to end ban on new uranium mining near Grand Canyon

By PAUL DAVENPORT - Associated Press

Water accumulates at uranium mine near Grand Canyon

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Uranium mine north of Grand Canyon to stay open

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press