SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST — When the Biden administration barred new mining activity on 225,000 acres of federal land in the Rainy River Watershed, the decision was aimed at protecting the Boundary ...
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US House demands records from environmental groups that opposed Twin Metals mine in Minnesota
The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee sent broad requests for information to three environmental groups this week, ...
From the column: " Minnesotans support mining in general but agree that some places are too special, too unique, and too ...
Taconite industry workers in the Iron Range have an increased risk of contracting rare lung cancer mesothelioma, according to a University news release. The $4.9 million Minnesota Taconite Workers ...
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The rule would require the six taconite processing plants located in northeastern Minnesota to cut their emissions by 57% by the end of 2026 The Northshore Mining plant in Silver Bay, Minnesota, is ...
Representative Dave Lislegard (DFL-Aurora) and Senator Grant Hauschild (DFL-Hermantown) called on Republicans to retract their proposal to send taconite tax dollars to non-Iron Range communities of ...
In a typical year, more than 12 million tons of iron ore, most of it mined in Minnesota, would have been shipped across the Great Lakes by now. But just 8 million tons have made the journey since the ...
HIBBING, Minn. -- Minnesota's taconite mining industry is starting to emerge from a downturn that closed every one of the mines on the Iron Range. But the rebound is slow to reach the towns of Hibbing ...
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Brown: With money flowing and change afoot, Minnesota’s iron industry must modernize or die
It’s tempting to argue that boom times are coming, but trade and economic uncertainty cloud the crystal ball, Aaron Brown ...
VIRGINIA, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Transportation will relocate part of U.S. 53 near Virginia so United Taconite can mine beneath the current highway. A 1960 easement requires the state to ...
DULUTH — Northshore Mining Co. has agreed to pay a penalty of more than $240,000 for air-quality violations at its taconite plant in Silver Bay. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said Thursday ...
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