Minnesota lawmakers introduce a bill to extend the state ban on mining in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It ...
Cliffs first idled Northshore on May 1, laying off about 410 of the 580 employees at the open-pit mine outside Babbitt and at ... an expensive overtime tab for Minnesota taxpayers.
Two other projects near Babbitt, the Twin Metals mine the NorthMet mine proposed by the company PolyMet, have faced significant hurdles. Talon is seeking to excavate 8.2 million tons of ore over ...