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Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine cleared its final hurdle with state regulators Thursday, while federal officials opened a path for a second mine just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

Oct 31, 2018· Copper-nickel mining has been a key political issue for the past several years in northern Minnesota, but it's taken on new, broader prominence this year as the state inches closer to opening a ...

But if copper-nickel mining is to occur in Minnesota, it cannot sace clean water for generations. MCEA is currently involved in litigation to protect that legacy for our children and grandchildren. We have challenged the land exchange for the PolyMet project in federal court, .

Oct 12, 2017· In Northern Minnesota, Two Economies Square Off: Mining vs. Wilderness ... Copper-nickel mining could result in the loss of 4,490 jobs and $288 million annually in .

Dec 23, 2017· The Trump administration moved Friday to renew leases for a copper and nickel mining operation on the border of Minnesota's Boundary Waters .

New Survey Reaffirms Strong Support for Copper-Nickel Mining in Minnesota. ST. PAUL, Minn. (May 1, 2018) – MiningMinnesota today released results from a statewide survey that reinforce public support in Minnesota for copper-nickel mining and strong support for allowing projects to be proposed and follow a rigorous environmental review process..

Jul 15, 2017· The fight over whether to allow copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of northeastern Minnesota is shifting to the capital .

The company behind Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine is putting its shoulder to the wheel of a project that has been over a decade in the making. On Friday Polymet Mining (TSX:POM, NYSE:PLM ...

Jan 20, 2018· The Obama administration had put a temporary stop to copper-nickel mining on the edge of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pending environmental review. .

PolyMet Mining, Inc. (PolyMet) is proposing to develop a mine and associated processing facilities for the extraction of copper, nickel, and platinum group elements (PGE) from the NorthMet Deposit in northeastern Minnesota. The mine would be the first of its kind in the state. The proposed NorthMet mine project would be located in the

Minnesota has a long history of mining iron ore, which continues to this day. In fact, nearly 75 percent of the iron ore produced in the United States is mined in Minnesota. However, many people may not be aware of the fact that Minnesota has some of the largest undeveloped copper and nickel deposits in the world. These massive deposits hold an estimated 4 billion tons of copper, nickel, and ...

Oct 30, 2019· "This is good for the mining companies but not the people of Minnesota." Jon Cherry, president and CEO of PolyMet, the mining company trying to open the state's first copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes and Babbitt, said the company was pleased with the decision.

Sites of proposed copper-nickel mines in Minnesota. Robert Boos Dec. 2, 2013. A study on how an open pit copper-nickel mine could change the landscape just north of the town of Hoyt Lakes will be released in a 1,800-page environmental impact statement available on Dec. 6.

Just as steel made from Minnesota's iron ore powered the U.S. military to victory during World War II, supporters of copper-nickel mining in the state say the industry could help defeat another ...

Minnesota's senior senator has long been a champion of the iron industry. Her position on copper-nickel mining, however, remains something of a mystery — to those on both sides of the issue.

PolyMet stands at the forefront of the next generation of mining in Minnesota. We are preparing to extract essential resources from the NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore body with sustainable mining practices that protect our people, our communities and our natural surroundings. Learn more.

"Even though copper-nickel mining is new to Minnesota, we must meet strict state and federal environmental standards if we want to do business here," said PolyMet spokesman Bruce Richardson ...

Class Copper, Nickel, and Platinum Group Metal Resources Exploring since 1948 There are many deposits of copper, nickel, and Platinum Group Metal (PGM) resources in the bedrock along approximately 40 miles of the edge of the Duluth Complex near Babbitt, Minnesota. This map shows the locations of the deposits, state metallic mineral

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Jul 18, 2019· About Twin Metals Minnesota: Twin Metals Minnesota is a Minnesota company focused on designing, constructing and operating an underground copper, nickel, platinum, palladium, gold and silver mining project (TMM Project) in the Iron Range region of Northeast Minnesota. The TMM Project brings the promise of significant long-term jobs and ...

TWIN METALS MINE IN MINNESOTA. The second copper-nickel mine proposal likely to reach the environmental review stage in Minnesota is the proposed Twin Metals mine, located near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. With a potential mining area covering more than 25,000 acres, Twin Metals would be the largest underground mine in Minnesota's ...

3 days ago· The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a challenge by environmental groups over the state's copper-nickel mining rules. Environmental groups argue the Department of Natural ...

Sep 14, 2019· Just as steel made from Minnesota's iron ore powered the U.S. military to victory during World War II, supporters of copper-nickel mining in the state say the industry could help defeat another global challenge: the climate crisis. Demand is on the rise for renewable energy and electric cars that rely on copper, nickel, cobalt and other metals.

Sep 27, 2019· The copper-nickel mining game for Minnesota got even more serious this summer when Glencore bought out PolyMet. Glencore is known worldwide for mining. Its supporters see it as providing crucial ...
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