Minnesota DNR must consider anew whether to study mine waste pool above Lake Superior, court rules
The tailings basin at Milepost 7 could be studied for the cumulative effects of extending its dams, even though the project was approved in the 1970s.
Minnesota Capitol bill would bar copper-nickel mines within BWCA’s watershed
Democratic legislators have introduced a bill to bar copper-nickel mines from developing within the same watershed as the ...
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Commentary: New administration reignites debate around mining, Minnesota’s Boundary Waters
The legislation threatens meaningful public input processes that have been critical in the fight to protect the Boundary ...
Golden opportunity, silver lining?
It’s the stuff of reality television. But here, the reality is that a gold mine in nearby northwest Ontario could be, well, a gold mine for an area that dearly needs it. The Rainy River Gold ...
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Minnesota nickel mine that would supply Tesla shelves its unusual excavation method
Talon’s Tamarack Mine is only the third hardrock mining proposal to reach environmental review in Minnesota. Two other projects near Babbitt, the Twin Metals mine the NorthMet mine proposed by ...
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Lawsuit Targets Toxic Copper Mine Threatening Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Wilderness
WASHINGTON― Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today over its May 2019 renewal of two mineral leases that pave the way for a massive copper mine at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe ...
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Catching up with Silver Valley's Sunshine Mine
The current owners of the Sunshine Mine complex, near Kellogg, Idaho, are working on a plan to reopen the mine in about five ...
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Judge Rejects Environmental Challenge to Minnesota Copper Mine
A federal judge in Minnesota dismissed eight environmental groups' challenges to the construction of an open-pit copper mine that they argue will destroy protected habitat and imperil several species ...