Coal Creek employs 260 and the adjacent Falkirk mine — owned by an independent coal company — has more than 400 workers. Those are some of the best-paying jobs in the region and the power ...

Minnesota Power announced Wednesday it will convert its coal-fired power plant in Hoyt Lakes to natural gas and close one of three coal units at its Taconite Harbor plant on the North Shore as ...

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Minnesota Power announced today it will convert its coal-fired power plant in Hoyt Lakes to natural gas and shut down one of three coal units at its Taconite Harbor plant on the North Shore as the ...

The sale of North Dakota’s largest coal-fired power plant cleared a final procedural hurdle on Thursday when Minnesota utility regulators approved a permit transfer for the facility’s attached ...

Member cooperatives of a Minnesota electric company endorsed a deal Friday to sell a financially troubled coal-fueled power plant in North Dakota to a Bismarck firm. Great River Energy said its 28 … ...

According to U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), in 1924, a total of 779,613 coal miners were employed across the country and 2,402 died that year.

PolyMet, the Minnesota hard rock mine closest to becoming reality, said Wednesday it will create a 50-50 joint venture with Teck American, ... zinc and coal for power plants and steelmaking.

The long-planned PolyMet mine near Babbitt will now be known as NewRange Copper Nickel, the name of the 50-50 joint venture. Combined, the joint venture's mineral resources are more than quadruple ...

The developers of a long-delayed copper-nickel mining project in northeastern Minnesota have announced plans for a series of studies over the next year on potential ways to improve environmental ...