US moves to protect Minnesota wilderness from …
PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota's pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining, dealing a potentially fatal …
This town's mining battle reveals the contentious …
A map displays Talon's proposed nickel-mining site near Tamarack, Minnesota. ACKERMAN + GRUBER. But Talon is striving to distance itself from the …
Gold Prospecting in Minnesota: 7 Best Locations & Laws
These mines provide unique opportunities for gold prospectors and insight into Minnesota's rich mining history. Let's explore notable mines throughout the state and identify their current status. Mesabi Iron Range(Active) The Mesabi Range was the heartland of Minnesota's mining industry. Initially exploited in the late 19th century ...
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 ...
Mining the Climate Crisis: The Pros and Cons of …
The community is invited to attend the next Rosenmeier Center for State and Local Government forum titled "Mining the Climate Crisis: The Pros and Cons of Copper …
Publications | Minnesota DNR
Minnesota's mining laws are found in Minnesota's Constitution, statutes, and administrative rules. This factsheet is a guide to the major laws that directly address mineral issues. Minnesota Mining Tax Guide The Minnesota Department of Revenue has the latest editions of the Minnesota Mining Tax Guide online in PDF format. The Guide …
Exploratory Borings | Minnesota DNR
The Lands and Minerals Division compiles data related to private exploratory borings, or drill holes, in Minnesota. Provided here are data and maps pertaining to exploratory borings in Minnesota since 1987. If you have questions please contact: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. tel. 651-296-6157.
The White House moves to ban copper mining near …
A Biden administration review could curtail copper mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota — an area known for its pristine nature. A …
Biden administration imposes 20-year mining …
"Joe Biden banned mining in 225,000 acres of Minnesota's Iron Range, and locked up development of taconite, copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum-group elements, and more." Stauber said the...
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 information on underground mines and their relationship to overlying surface features. Specifically, this map focuses on iron mines in the northeast of the state. Users can click anywhere on the map for more …
Proposed Minnesota nickel mine begins environmental …
6 of 7 |. Driller Chris Palmer keeps watch over a drilling rig at the Talon Metals Corporation site near Tamarack, Minn. on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Talon Metals Corp. has filed …
Northeast Minnesota's fraught choice: Precious
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 …
Minnesota Minerals Coordinating Committee
Iron-Ore: Minnesota is a mining state. Its six iron ore operations produce about 40 million tons of high-grade iron ore annually, which is approximately 75 percent of total U.S. iron ore production. To produce 40 million tons of …
What you need to know about the Talon Metals …
Twin Metals Minnesota has proposed a large underground mine near Ely, but that project is also on hold because of a 20-year ban on such mining in the Rainy River watershed imposed by President Joe ...
Updating Prosperity: How mining can boost …
In 2018, Center of the American Experiment released the report "Unearthing Prosperity: How Environmentally Responsible Mining Will Boost Minnesota's Economy." This research was the first attempt to …
Biden administration imposes 20-year mining moratorium in
Meanwhile, Twin Metals Minnesota said it was "deeply disappointed and stunned that the federal government has chosen to enact a 20-year moratorium on mining across a quarter million acres of ...
About – MiningMinnesota
MiningMinnesota is a group of industry leaders who advocate for safe and responsible mining in Minnesota. We are committed to benefiting our communities and advancing a sustainable future through mining, processing, and domestic supply chain utilization of our mineral resources. We have a social obligation to support the responsible development ...
Unearthing Prosperity: How Environmentally Responsible Mining …
Executive Summary Minnesota's unique geology makes the state a treasure trove of mineral resources. In 2017, Minnesota mined $3.18 billion in metals and minerals primarily iron ore, sand and gravel, and dimension stone, making the state the sixth-largest producer of non-fuel minerals in the United States. However, Minnesota's mining …
Rep. Pete Stauber mining effort passes U.S. House
Those tensions are starkly clear in Minnesota, where the debate over mining jobs vs. protecting Northern Minnesota's natural resources has become a defining issue in the district that Stauber has ...
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.
PolyMet mine in Minnesota becomes NewRange Copper …
2 of 2 | . FILE - The closed LTV Steel taconite plant sits idle near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., Feb. 10, 2016. PolyMet Mining and Teck Resources finalized a joint venture Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, to complete the copper-nickel mine that PolyMet has been developing in northeastern Minnesota, and the partnership hopes to eventually build a …
With copper-nickel mining uncertainty, how long will …
WASHINGTON — While a debate rages about the future of copper-nickel mining in Minnesota, the state's iron ore industry and employment from mining has been fairly steady — even in the ...
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company | Encyclopedia
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company. 3M Center St. Paul, Minnesota 55144 U.S.A. (612) 733-1110. Public Company Incorporated: June 25, 1929 Employees: 85,466 Sales: $779 million Market Value: $15.055 billion Stock Index: New York Frankfurt Dusseldorf Geneva Zurich Basle Amsterdam Tokyo. Observers and outsiders frequently …
Talon Metals releases plan for Minnesota nickel mine that …
Biden administration imposes 20-year mining ban on 225,000 acres of northern Minnesota Jan. 26, 2023 $433M processing facility for proposed Tamarack mine now will be in N.D.
U.S. bans mining in parts of Minnesota, dealing latest blow …
The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday blocked mining in part of northeast Minnesota for 20 years, the latest blow to Antofagasta Plc's Twin Metals copper and nickel mining project but a step ...
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 …
PolyMet mine in Minnesota becomes NewRange Copper Nickel
Published 7:45 AM PDT, February 15, 2023. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — PolyMet Mining and Teck Resources finalized a joint venture Wednesday to complete …
3M Company (MMM) Stock Price, News, Quote & History
3M is a multinational conglomerate that has operated since 1902, when it was known as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing. The company is well known for its research and development laboratory and ...
Minnesota 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 …
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For applications, email info@mnmuseumofmining or phone 218-254-2179. Memberships are on sale now--get free admission and over $50 in coupons at local businesses. Membership levels are: Individual ($10), …
3M Company | Multinational Conglomerate, Industrial …
3M Company, diversified American corporation manufacturing a wide range of products, including abrasives, adhesive tape and related products, and consumer-electronics components. It is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.. The company was incorporated as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company in 1902, and its first …
Twin Metals Minnesota
And Minnesota needs the jobs from mining – more than 750 direct jobs and 1,500 spinoff jobs in the community. Opportunity is coming. Discover the facts about mining. At Twin Metals Minnesota, we're developing a world-class, 21 st century mine. Learn the facts about modern mining and our project.
What you need to know about Minnesota's PolyMet and …
PolyMet says it intends to mine for 20 years, though its permit to mine does not specify that time limit. Twin Metals planned to apply for a permit to mine for 25 years. The number of years the ...
3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing …
3M was founded in 1902 in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Prospectors were attracted to the reported wealth of minerals in northern Minnesota due to the rich deposits of iron ore found in the region. 3M's founders sought to …
Mining | College of Science and Engineering
Mining. Minnesota's geologic framework is moderately well known from a combination of outcrop mapping where exposure permits, and interpretation of high resolution geophysical data and drilling where it does not. The state is underlain by rocks of Precambrian age that are covered in part by veneers of Paleozoic and Mesozoic (Phanerozoic) marine ...
Long-delayed Minnesota copper-nickel mining project wins …
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by state regulators to grant a major permit for the proposed NewRange copper-nickel mine. ... Long-delayed Minnesota copper-nickel mining project wins a round in court after several setbacks. FILE - A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a ...
A brief history of Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range
MNopedia. A brief history of Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range. by Alex Tieberg 05/26/2020. The Hull-Rust-Mahoning mine in …
The White House moves to ban copper mining near wilderness …
A Biden administration review could curtail copper mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota — an area known for its pristine nature.
How important is a Twin Metals mine to supply critical …
A core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals containing copper, nickel and precious metals, center, that Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, hopes to mine ...