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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency will propose the first-ever limits on mercury emissions from the state’s taconite processing plants, a result of nearly 20 years of legal battles over ...
The Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc. and Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (collectively, “NRDC”) filed a February 2nd Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) ...
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 ...
The PolyMet and Teck American joint venture recently launched an $18 million project in Hoyt Lakes, beginning the transformation of an old taconite plant into a copper-nickel operation. NewRange ...
Iron ore mining in Minnesota has a $3.2 billion annual impact on the state's economy, according to a new University of Minnesota Duluth study, but that's only half the story if copper mining begins as ...
A mining company has applied for an exploratory license to begin the process of opening an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin near Lake Superior. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said ...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Retired taconite miners on Minnesota's Iron Range had higher levels of heart disease, mesothelioma and scarring of the outer lung compared to what would be expected in the general ...
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency will propose the first-ever limits on mercury emissions from the state’s taconite processing plants, a result of nearly 20 years of legal battles over ...