In what has been a decades-long battle to ensure that mega-mining does not occur in the Santa Clarita Valley, on April 24, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a formal notice to CEMEX regarding the outstanding amount of $6.3 million owed to BLM, officials said Tuesday. This amount is for CEMEX’s first 10-year contract, which expired in July 2010. ...

It’s taken twenty-eight years, but thanks to the persistent efforts of Congressman Steve Knight and US Senator Dianne Feinstein, Federal Legislation to put a stop to the potential Cemex mega-mine in Santa Clarita has finally been signed by President Trump. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Cemex Mine would have been ...

BY ANDREW G. FRIED You would think that a big push to develop a massive gravel mine would at least be backed up by one significant factor: The need for one. As we’ve written previously, the proposed 56-million-ton CEMEX mine, just outside the City of Santa Clarita, would cause significant and irreversible impacts on the wildlife corridors in and around the ...