Mining

This piece from Wired looks at the Swedish mining town of Kiruna that is literally picking itself up and moving.

Despite a congressional ruling last year that prevents them, wight uranium mining operations have been approved near the Grand Canyon.

Mining towns in Lander County, NV are skipping the recession, thanks to a local economy based on gold.

Appalachia, long known as one of the poorest parts of the U.S. with chronically high unemployment, finds itself in the enviable position of enjoying remarkably low unemployment due to unwavering demand for its main natural resource – coal.