Winding through walkways, lots of machinery, and even more dust, North Country elected officials celebrated a new venture for a mine in Fowler, near Gouverneur, on Friday, Sept. 12. Nearly a hundred ...

Apr. 4—FOWLER — Titan Mining will soon begin mining a large graphite deposit discovered on the Empire State Mine grounds in late 2023. It will be the only active graphite mine in the United States.

GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little ...

A panorama of the Kigluaik Mountains on the road between Nome and Mary's Igloo. This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Alaska Public Media. The Kigluaik Mountains stretch across the ...

The northern New York deposit is in a rural region with a rich history of graphite, iron ore and garnet mining. The iconic yellow Ticonderoga pencil was named for a town several hours east of this ...