ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals sent an air-emissions permit for the PolyMet copper-nickel mine back to state regulators for further review...
Apparently, even mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is political. In a new Star Tribune/MPR News Minnesota poll, 60 percent of registered voters oppose...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Copper-nickel mining would be permanently banned upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota under a bill U.S. Rep. Betty...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected some of the most important permits for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine in...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — PolyMet Mining Corp. has received the final permit it needs to proceed with building Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine, the company and...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A bill containing a provision from Sen. Tina Smith to complete a land exchange between PolyMet Mining Corp. and the federal government has...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Twin Metals says its updated plan for an underground copper-nickel mine near Ely includes an ore processing facility on the east...
BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte is sponsoring legislation to withdraw land near Yellowstone National Park from future mining, after describing an identical Senate...
Depending on who you listen to, sulfide mining is now on the verge of bringing to parts of Wisconsin to economic prosperity or environmental disaster. Gov....
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Monday lifting Wisconsin’s moratorium on gold and silver mining, reversing his vote from nearly 20 years ago...
MADISON, Wis. — Local governments are looking to enact their own mining regulations as Gov. Scott Walker prepares to lift Wisconsin’s nearly 20-year ban on gold...
Proponents say mining will bring prosperity to parts of northern Wisconsin
Mining runoff could pollute streams and rivers
Expert says “Sulfide mining is actually the most toxic industry in America.”
Conservationists warn pollution from sulfide mining could devastate northern Wisconsin water
Moratorium requires mining companies to prove not polluting groundwater
