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Mining In Northern Minnesota

Why 2022 could be a critical year for the …

Where things stand. If built, PolyMet's open-pit mine near Hoyt Lakes and Babbit would be the first of its kind in Minnesota. While Minnesota has a long history of mining iron ore and taconite ...

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NewRange will enhance U.S. energy security and support our shift to clean energy technologies. We will develop a domestic supply chain of multiple clean energy minerals like copper, nickel and cobalt from Minnesota's historic Iron Range, reviving a proud mining tradition for …

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Why 2022 could be a critical year for the …

Every year brings new developments for PolyMet Mining's controversial copper and nickel mine proposal in northeast Minnesota, but it can sometimes feels like nothing ever changes.

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Go 2,341 Feet Underground On This Minnesota Mine Tour

Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park offers tours of Minnesota's deepest iron mine, providing a unique historical experience.

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A Guide to Northern Minnesota's Mining Towns

Each of the miner's boots weighs 220 pounds. 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 …

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Biden administration imposes 20-year mining …

The economy in the Northern MN has long since transitioned out of a mining economy; hence all the abandoned mines all over the place up there. Log in to Reply BK Anderson says:

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MiningMinnesota

MiningMinnesota is committed to benefiting our communities and advancing a sustainable future through responsible mining, processing, and domestic supply chain utilization of our mineral resources. ... With world-renowned mineral resources and industry-leading companies ready to mine safely and responsibly, Minnesota is positioned to become a ...

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Iron Mining Association | Promoting a healthy iron …

The Iron Mining Association (IMA) of Minnesota promotes a healthy iron ore industry that will continue to benefit northeastern Minnesota as well as the entire state. It's an industry our communities, state and country …

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Twin Metals plan for exploratory drilling in …

A mining company was recently given the green light to move forward with drilling exploratory ... a group in Northern Minnesota pushing for permanent protection of the wilderness from sulfide-ore ...

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Minerals Coordinating Committee

The Mineral Diversification Program was created by the Minnesota Legislature in 1987, "To provide for the diversification of the State's mineral economy through long term support of mineral exploration, development, production, and commercialization" (Minn. State. sec. 93.001). The projects conducted under the Mineral Diversification Program are managed and coordinated …

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Take a Field Trip on the Iron Range

Minnesota's first iron ore mine is now a state park with preserved dry house, drill shop, crusher and engine house, plus an underground mine tour that takes visitors ½ mile into the Earth on a …

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The History of 3M | From Humble Beginnings to Fortune 500

More than a century ago, 3M started as a small-scale mining venture in Northern Minnesota, then named Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Now a global powerhouse, our products improve the daily lives of people around the world. But our success and longevity were not apparent from the start. We tried. We failed.

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minnesotamingmuseum

Browse the Museum Store, then tour the many displays spread across 13 acres of beautiful Museum grounds. Climb aboard mining trucks and trains, a steam shovel, or towering drills. Check out the underground mine replica, "Iron Range Life" and "From Ore to Steel" exhibits, America's first bus, and the old fire hose carts and fire engines!

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Mining companies finalize joint venture to pursue copper

PolyMet Mining and Teck American, which have worked on separate copper-nickel mining projects in northern Minnesota for more than a decade, have officially combined to form a new joint venture ...

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PolyMet | The Next Generation of Mining in Minnesota

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 …

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PolyMet's NorthMet Mining Project

Poly Met Mining, Inc. (PolyMet) is proposing to develop a mine and associated processing facilities for the extraction of copper, nickel, and platinum group elements (PGE) in northeastern Minnesota.This is DNR's permitting homepage. ... DNR issues permits for NorthMet mining project in northeast Minnesota: Oct 25, 2018: MPCA sends PolyMet ...

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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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Millions invested into researching possible manganese mine …

This Minnesota town could become home to a manganese mine 03:15. EMILY, Minn. — A recent discovery could bring a new kind of mining to cabin country. Geologists are reporting a massive discovery ...

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Bucket List: Tour the Renovated Soudan Mine

If you've ever traveled 2,341 feet underground in a dimly lit, somewhat noisy metal cage, chances are you were touring Soudan Underground Mine in northern Minnesota. Minnesota Iron Company began mining operations at the site in 1882 with a series of seven open pits, and eventually took operations underground to safely access deep ore deposits.

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Mining in Minnesota: Who Owns the Ground Under Our Feet?

While there are 10 active state and federal leases for nonferrous mining in northern Minnesota, there is, as yet, no nonferrous mining in the state. After more than a decade of planning, the NorthMet open pit project proposed by PolyMet is furthest along. The proposal covers 16,700 acres of privately held mineral rights beneath an unmined ...

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Immigration to the Iron Range, 1880–1930

Minnesota has three iron mining ranges, which are collectively known as the Iron Range. The Vermilion is the northernmost, ... Betten, Neil. "The Origins of Ethnic Radicalism in Northern Minnesota, 1900–1920." International …

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Northeast Minnesota's fraught choice: Precious metals v.

Minnesota physicians say sulfide mining has the "potential to release" six of the 10 toxins that the World Health Organization lists as most harmful to human health: mercury, lead, arsenic, particulate air pollution, asbestos and cadmium. Another byproduct of sulfide-ore mining is methylmercury, created when sulfates and mercury settle into wetlands around rivers and …

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Proposed sulfide mining in north central Minnesota puts …

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 wild rice fields in the entire state of Minnesota. Photo by Rob Levine for Minnesota Reformer.

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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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Biden administration cancels leases for controversial copper …

The Biden administration canceled two minerals leases for the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine Wednesday in northern Minnesota, likely killing a project widely condemned for being too close ...

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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 town of Tamarack, …

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Should we mine copper and nickel in Minnesota

It's an argument that has become popular among supporters of the Twin Metals and PolyMet projects. Yet the clean energy case for copper-nickel mining hasn't exactly won over skeptics in Minnesota.

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Northern Minn. iron ore mining company …

In 1956, the giant Northshore Mining plant on the shores of Lake Superior was the first facility built in North America to make pellets out of taconite, a low-grade iron ore.

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Gold Prospecting in Minnesota: 7 Best Locations & Laws

The Mesabi Range was the heartland of Minnesota's mining industry. Initially exploited in the late 19th century, Mesabi was once the most significant source of iron ore in the United States. ... Members often partake in group outings, combining the thrill of the hunt with an appreciation for Minnesota's diverse landscape. North Metro ...

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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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