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Kanab North Mine

The Kanab mine is one of several uranium mines in northern Arizona that could be reopened, despite a ban on new mines near the Grand Canyon. Conservation groups have sued to block it and the Arizona 1 mine, which is already back in operation. (Photo courtesy the Center for Biological Diversity)
Feb 5, 2013

Appeals court upholds reopening of uranium mine near Grand Canyon

A federal appeals court Monday upheld the government’s decision to let a uranium mine near Grand Canyon National Park continue to operate under environmental standards now decades old.

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