Missouri is emerging as a key player in America’s critical minerals strategy, with vast reserves that could strengthen U.S.

Lead exposure is a common issue in southeast Kansas and nearby parts of Missouri and Oklahoma. Health experts say there are few accessible resources for high-risk communities. WEIR, Kansas — Johanna ...

People dressed as prospectors and cowboys cheered from the top of floats depicting life in the old West as they tossed candy to the crowds gathered for Fredericktown’s 63rd Azalea Festival on May 4.

Two companies, US Strategic Metals and The Doe Run Company, are running two different projects to produce cobalt in Missouri. The Democratic Republic of the Congo recently restricted exports of the ...

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APRIL 17 2002 - The Doe Run Company hosted an orientation tour of its Buick, Missouri lead mine and mill for members of the media. Inside the mine workers drill into the rock to place charges to blast ...

ST. LOUIS — About half of the ground-feeding songbirds collected from lead-mining regions of southeast Missouri had extremely high levels of lead in their blood, kidneys and liver, according to a ...

See more of Missouri Business Alert's ongoing coverage of critical minerals in the state. People dressed as prospectors and cowboys cheered from the top of floats depicting life in the old West as ...

WEIR, Kan. (KCUR) — Johanna Schmid and her husband, Steve Hench, live in an older home in Weir, Kansas. Their lives are busy — they have five kids. Three of those kids are under the age of three. Last ...

Steve Hench watches his 3-year-old son, Oliver Hench, swinging in a park in Weir, Kansas. WEIR, Kansas — Johanna Schmid and her husband, Steve Hench, live in an older home in Weir, Kansas. Their lives ...