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Another example of this head-scratching contradiction came Thursday when Interior Secretary Deb Haaland walled off much of Minnesota's Superior National Forest from mining.
Maybe a 2024 Copper / Nickel Amendment putting it to the voters on sulfide mining in Minnesota. A 2018 poll showing 70% opposition:
Forward-thinking mine operators have been finding ways to repurpose mined lands for decades. Barr's Pete Kero was the visionary behind one of these efforts: a reclaimed iron-ore mine that became a popular …
In 1907 Mesabi Range miners organized the first major mining strike in Minnesota, protesting poor wages and working conditions, and ethnic discrimination. An article in the Miner's July 26, 1907 issue reports an anti-strike meeting of miners and businessmen (including Schaefer) ...
Twin Metals Minnesota will explore underground mining in the Duluth Complex's Maturi Deposit. The project is located in a designated area within the Superior National Forest, and the company has made commitments to mining responsibly by maintaining a small surface footprint, dry, non-acid generating tailings storage, advanced water management, carbon sequestration, and …
The Tamarack mine in Aitkin County, which would primarily produce nickel, will soon begin Minnesota's permitting process. It's likely to face a fight over environmental concerns.
This Minnesota town could become home to a manganese mine 03:15. EMILY, Minn. — A recent discovery could bring a new kind of mining to cabin country. Geologists are …
A core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals containing copper, nickel and precious metals, center, that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, hopes to mine ...
The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday blocked mining in part of northeast Minnesota for 20 years, the latest blow to Antofagasta Plc's Twin Metals copper and nickel mining project but a step ...
Toxic sulfide mining in Minnesota would be a mistake. Log in to Reply. Mike martin says: 01/12/2022 at 03:44 pm You need 2.4 million pounds of copper to replace one 300MW coal plant with wind ...
Talon Metals took a major step Wednesday toward opening an underground nickel mine in northern Minnesota, submitting a plan to the state that will trigger a new discussion over the risks and ...
Lucas has served as environmental manager and water resources director for several mining and mineral development companies. She also serves as a board member on various regional and community organizations and currently is on the board of directors for the United Way of Northeast Minnesota, RAMS and the Minnesota Discovery Center.
Speaking will be Julie Lucas, Executive Director of Mining Minnesota, and Kathryn Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA). The forum will shed light on the issues surrounding the extraction of the metals in the more water-intense areas of northern Minnesota. The topic includes the transition to ...
The Vermilion Range, with its distinctive hard and high-grade iron ore deposits, looms large in the history of the mining industry in Minnesota. It was the first range to open (1884) and also the first to cease commercial mining operations (1967) due to changes in the steel-making process and the rise of cheaper-to-produce taconite on the nearby Mesabi Range.
CROSBY, Minn. — In the first half of the 20th century, iron ore mining in central and northern Minnesota was at a peak, boosting the local economy and proving essential in the United States ...
Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine can impact social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative, and direct and indirect ways. Mining can yield a range of benefits to societies, but it may also cause conflict, not least …
Minnesota rule rewrite will expand mining noise and light protections around Boundary Waters. Duluth. Visits to the Boundary Waters dropped last year — and that's a good thing, forest officials ...
Articles about Copper-Nickel Mining in Northern Minnesota (1975-present) (articles in reverse chronological order) Johnson, Chloe. "PolyMet mine faces new obstacle after judge recommends rejecting its permit." Star Tribune, November 29. 2023. Johnson, Chloe.
The World Bank's 2020 assessment of critical minerals essential to electric cars production, Minerals for Climate Action, predicts a 500% annual increase in lithium use over …
The White House moves to ban copper mining near wilderness area in Minnesota A Biden administration review could curtail copper mining near the Boundary …
The White House moves to ban copper mining near wilderness area in Minnesota A Biden administration review could curtail copper mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has dealt another serious setback to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness …
But geologists with Kennecott, an arm of global mining giant Rio Tinto, began poking around in the early 2000s, after the state of Minnesota paid for some preliminary surveys in the 1970s. After ...
The following story is the fourth in a series produced by Energy News Network and KAXE/KBXE, an independent, nonprofit community radio station that tells the stories of northern Minnesota. A Hoyt ...
James Temple. January 23, 2024. Minnesota's Highway 210 threads through the tiny towns of Aitkin County, a poor and sparsely populated stretch of forests, lakes, and wetlands that reaches just ...
A billboard critical of the nickel mining operations is pictured outside of McGregor, Minn. on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Talon Metals Corp. has filed papers with Minnesota regulators to launch the environmental review …
DNR officials say the mine and supporting facilities would have a footprint of about 80 acres. Talon would mine ore-bearing rock from a depth of approximately 500 to 2,000 feet below the surface ...
"The 1916 Minnesota Miners' Strike Against U.S. Steel," by Robert M. Eleff. MNHS call number: Digital version of the article (PDF) Clayton A. Videen Research Notes. Handwritten copies of newspaper and magazine articles selected and annotated by Videen detailing strike activities in the Mesabi and Cuyuna Iron Ranges in 1907 and 1916.
2 of 2 | . FILE - The closed LTV Steel taconite plant sits idle near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., Feb. 10, 2016. PolyMet Mining and Teck Resources finalized a joint venture Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, to complete the copper-nickel …
Long-delayed Minnesota copper-nickel mining project wins a round in court after several setbacks. FILE - A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would …