NASHWAUK, Minn. — A controversial $2 billion-plus mining project on Minnesota’s Iron Range that has weathered an economic recession, missed deadlines and payments, bankruptcy, changes in ownership, ...
Things are looking up for Minnesota's nascent helium industry, because miners keep going down to find more of it.
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Brown: At 5,000 feet, the legacy of Iron Range mining in Minnesota is clear, but its future is hazy
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Construction continues at the site of Mesabi Metallics on Nov. 19, 2024, in Nashwauk, Minn. After almost two decades, the nearly $2 billion project is nearing completion with a goal of producing ...
Minnesota lawmakers could extend unemployment benefits for hundreds of steelworkers laid off from facilities in the state’s northeast mining region. A group of union officials and Iron Range lawmakers ...
Developers of stalled Minnesota copper-nickel mine plan studies that may lead to significant changes
FILE - A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine, is pictured on Feb. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) MINNEAPOLIS ...
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A Minnesotan, Connell instantly thought of Silver Bay and its black sand beach. He wrote to Curious Minnesota, the Strib’s reader-powered reporting project, to ask: “Does stamp sand pollution exist in ...
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