Energy and Minerals

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

A infographic showing BLM accomplishments for oil and gas (5 lease sales, 29,304 acres) Minerals (3 projects, 1 exploration project) Timber (9 sales, 32,232,00 board feet) Geothermal (1 lease sale, 50,961 acres) and coal (40 million tons, 1 mine expansion)

First 100 days: BLM drives energy expansion and national strength

In its first 100 days under the new administration, the Bureau of Land Management took bold steps to deliver on the priorities of President Trump’s and Department of the Interior Secretary Burgum’s priorities for public lands.

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

View from a vehicle showing heavy machinery and large coal piles at an industrial site, with conveyor belts and cloudy sky.

Department of Interior, BLM and Warrior Met Celebrate Blue Creek Mine Expansion and Local Impact

In January, leaders from the DOI and BLM joined executives from Warrior Met Coal, Inc., and other local and state officials to celebrate a milestone in advancing the Administration’s energy dominance agenda.

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

BLM delivers on administration priorities

The Bureau of Land Management is making major strides in putting America’s public lands to work for the American people.

Friday, August 8, 2025

Transburg (right) and environmental protection specialist Justin Burrows (left) document mining activity surface disturbances east of Cantell. Photo by Tony Gallagher (BLM).

Alaska's Mineral Men

Rain, snow, sleet, or shine, BLM Alaska is always on mining time.

Friday, August 8, 2025

Tom Evans, a geologist in the Carlsbad Field Office, gives a presentation on potash.

Carlsbad Field Office celebrates 100 years of potash

On Aug. 1, 1925, Vachel Harry McNutt looked at the drill cuttings from an oil well outside of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and believed he saw potash, the trade name for potassium-bearing minerals used to fertilize crops.