Should we mine copper and nickel in Minnesota
Separately, the North Dakota and Minnesota chapter of the Laborer's International Union of North America has promoted the legislation as a potential boon for the copper and iron ore mining ...
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What you need to know about Minnesota's PolyMet and Twin Metals mine
They are a pair of proposed copper-nickel mine projects in northern Minnesota being pursued by separate international mining companies. This is hardrock mining, which is new in Minnesota.
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Planned Minnesota high-grade nickel mine would be U.S.
Other proposed sulfide mines in northern Minnesota — the PolyMet and Antofagasta Twin Metals projects — are facing strong opposition from environmental groups and Ojibwe bands concerned with ...
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A brief history of Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range
The Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open-pit iron mine in Minnesota. As of 2020, material is still mined from the complex by Hibbing Taconite, or HibTac.
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Core Conversations on the future of mining in northern …
Julie Lucas of Mining Minnesota advocated that proposed mining projects like PolyMet, Teck Resources, Twin Metals and Talon plan to address environmental …
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Talon's Minnesota mine plan raises a familiar question: Can …
June 24, 2023 — 9:32am. TAMARACK, Minn. — At Talon Metals' drill site just north of this northern Minnesota town, workers are hauling out cores showing some of the highest-grade nickel ever ...
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Minnesota Iron
Minnesota has the largest deposits of iron ore in the United States, and northern Minnesota has been mining iron ore for 130 years (26 years after Minnesota became a state in 1858). The majority of iron mined is used to make steel which has been used to build infrastructure, appliances, vehicles, and so many other things that make our …
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More Mining Companies Exploring Possibilities in Northern MN
So for now Teck joins the waiting list of possible copper-nickel mining operations in northern Minnesota with tremendous potential that remains unlocked. PolyMet, the Canada-based company with a proposed open-pit mine near Babbitt and a processing center at the former LTV Steel site near Hoyt Lakes, is the only company that …
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Go 2,341 Feet Underground On This Minnesota Mine Tour
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a fascinating park in northern Minnesota. It's about 90 miles north of Duluth, on the south shore of Lake …
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Lumber Industry in Minnesota | Minnesota Digital Library
Lumber Industry in Minnesota. For hundreds of years, white pine forests covered the area that is now northern Minnesota. In the 1830s, small logging companies began to harvest the pines, usually using hand tools and water-powered sawmills. These processed pines—now called lumber—provided the raw material for houses, buildings, …
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In northern Minn., neighbors navigate the bitter fight over …
February 13, 2020 8:45 AM. Listen In northern Minn., neighbors navigate the bitter fight over copper-nickel mining. The Kawishiwi River flows near Ely, Minn. in June. Twin Metals is proposing to ...
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Immigration to the Iron Range, 1880–1930 | MNopedia
These immigrants mined the ore that made the Iron Range famous and built its communities. Minnesota has three iron mining ranges, which are collectively known as the Iron Range. The Vermilion is the northernmost, and it began shipping ore in 1884. The Mesabi Range is the largest, and it started ore shipments in 1892.
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Go 2,341 Feet Underground On This Minnesota Mine Tour
All of them are up north, on Minnesota's Iron Range. The Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine is an interesting place to visit. Its large, open pit makes it look like a huge canyon in the middle of the woods. The mine we'd like to introduce today is equally impressive, though in a different way. To see it, you have to venture more than 2,000 feet ...
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Biden Administration Blocks Minnesota's Twin Metals Mine
January 31, 2023. Contact The Expert. The Biden administration blocked plans for a major copper, nickel and cobalt mine in northern Minnesota that could have helped supply minerals for his "net-zero" plans. The "Twin Metals Project" would have tapped the Duluth Complex within the Superior National Forest, where 95 percent of the nation ...
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With a Democratic administration in place, could the federal
The mining in Northern Minnesota is very complex. It is a well sought after industry while we all agree there needs to be safeguards to the land. But relying on the government is futile because ...
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With a Democratic administration in place, could the federal …
The fate of Twin Metals Minnesota's plan to mine copper and nickel from sulfide ores in northern Minnesota — just five miles from the edge of the federally …
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Proposed Minnesota nickel mine begins …
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Talon Metals Corp. filed papers with Minnesota regulators Wednesday to launch the environmental review process for its proposed underground nickel mine near the northern …
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Copper-Nickel Studies and Non-ferrous Mining
Copper-nickel mining (also known as "non-ferrous mining") in northern Minnesota is not a new issue for the state. Copper-nickel deposits have been known to exist in northern Minnesota since the 1800s, but it was not until 1948, when deposits were discovered near Duluth, that serious interest in mining these metals developed in the region.
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Interactive map of underground mines in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources provides an interactive map of underground mines in Minnesota. The map provides detailed …
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A Guide To Northern Minnesota's Mining Towns
The Minnesota Mining Museum (701 W. Lake St.; 218.254.5543) has an impressive collection of large mining equipment like the 1910-era Atlantic Steam Shovel; check out the railroad diorama in the depot crafted by renowned artist Francis L. Jaques. The museum …
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Proposed sulfide mining in north central Minnesota puts too …
October 25, 2023 8:00 am. The confluence of Big Sandy Lake and the Mississippi River. Photo by Rob Levine for Minnesota Reformer. People from the Twin Cities metro are …
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Federal review says copper-nickel mining poses an
The mineral withdrawal would not affect PolyMet Mining, the other copper-nickel project proposed so far in northern Minnesota, because it is located outside the watershed of the Boundary Waters.
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Biden Administration Blocks Minnesota's Twin …
Commentary. Biden Administration Blocks Minnesota's Twin Metals Mine. By IER. January 31, 2023. Contact The Expert. The Biden administration blocked plans for a major copper, nickel and cobalt mine …
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Promises made, promises broken when it comes to Glencore and
In August of 2019, Walker Orenstein of MinnPost conducted a thorough interview on sulfide mining in northern Minnesota with our relatively new governor, Gov. Tim Walz. The governor, to his credit ...
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Helium find in northern Minnesota could spur new mine
Locked deep under the Iron Range, helium could float a startup company. Drillers looking for platinum and palladium stumbled on what may be a major helium reservoir in Minnesota. It is a sought ...
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10 Places You Wouldn't Believe Are Connected to Minnesota Iron Mining
Northern Minnesota – In 1884, prospectors discovered one of the most widely-used minerals right in the heart of northeastern Minnesota's Iron Range – iron ore.. Today, northern Minnesota's dedicated and innovative iron mines responsibly mine that same iron ore, which is made into steel and used in the things we use every single day – like …
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Biden administration cancels leases for controversial copper …
462. The Biden administration on Wednesday canceled two federal minerals leases for the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota, likely killing a project widely condemned for ...
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Minnesota grapples with nickel mining impacts as EV …
Many people in Northern Minnesota proudly boast that it was iron ore extracted from the ground here that the fed America's steel industry, that built the country, that helped it win two World Wars.
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Community remembers Milford Mine Disaster after 100 years
CROSBY, Minn. — In the first half of the 20th century, iron ore mining in central and northern Minnesota was at a peak, boosting the local economy and proving essential in the United States ...
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Proposed sulfide mining in north central Minnesota puts …
That means that any change in the ecosystem — too much rainfall, too little, storms or high winds — can damage a wild rice crop. A wild rice area in Flowage Lake, about 10 miles west and northwest of the proposed Talon sulfide mine in Tamarack, Minnesota. The wetlands directly west of the proposed mine are some of the most fertile …
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