As the coronavirus pandemic ripples through the global economy, San Juan County’s mining sector is feeling the impact.
Utah’s second largest copper mine, which is located northeast of Monticello, has forfeited its permits with state regulators after it abruptly shut down its operations in mid-March.
And Energy Fuels, a uranium company with operations in San Juan County, is asking President Donald Trump to make good on a February budget proposal to set aside $1.5 billion over 10 years to create a stockpile of domestically mined uranium, warning that the industry could be “permanently lost” in the U.S. without assistance from the federal government...