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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: House, Senate look to the sun for power
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey Minnesotans could sell solar power to electric utilities under a bill the House passed 70-63 late Tuesday. They pay someone who has solar on their house just what the ...
Posted on 5/8/13 at 8:29 AM
HEALTHY TIDBITS Mining, Polluted Water, Big Business
We all have heard of toxins in the water. The wheels go round and round.Unfortanately lots of big businsses contribute to these in a community from dumping into the lake, to burning plastic (hospital)...
Posted on 4/13/10 at 3:06 AM
STAFF BLOG RINK & RUN A Houghton Prediction
This prediction from Brandon Veale, sports editor of the Houghton Mining Gazette, leading to Friday's Minnesota Duluth at Michigan Tech series: Before you declare this series...
Posted on 2/4/10 at 3:15 PM
STAFF BLOG TWIN PORTS BUSINESS Mining deaths reach record low
Mining deaths fell to an all-time low in 2009, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Adminstration. Deaths at metal and nonmetal mine deaths register...
Posted on 1/5/10 at 3:59 AM
Suspicious bag outside Gogebic Taconite office causes stir 
A backpack found outside the Hurley offices of a company proposing to build an iron ore mine in Northwestern Wisconsin prompted police to cordon off the area and call a bomb squad on Saturday.
By Associated Press , April 14, 2013
UPDATE: Suspicious bag outside Gogebic Taconite office causes stir
A backpack found outside the Hurley offices of a company proposing to build an iron ore mine in Northwestern Wisconsin prompted police to cordon off the area and call a bomb squad on Saturday.
By News Tribune staff , April 13, 2013
DNR: No EIS needed for Minntac expansion
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that the agency will not require a full-blown environmental impact statement for expansion of the Minntac taconite mine at Mountain Iron.
By News Tribune staff , April 12, 2013
PolyMet mining project
More money now: PolyMet raising $80 million in cash to get through environmental review, permitting.
By News Tribune staff , April 12, 2013
DNR: No EIS needed for Minntac mine expansion
DNR officials said that the environmental assessment worksheet process for the proposed expansion of the existing mine has “provided adequate information on potential environmental effects.”
April 11, 2013
PolyMet gets loan, will sell more stock
PolyMet Mining Corp. on Wednesday said it has filed paperwork with Canadian and U.S. securities officials that it plans to raise $60 million in a stock offering to shareholders and that it also has secured a $20 million loan from Swiss commodities giant Glencore.
By John Myers , April 11, 2013
PolyMet gets loan, will sell more stock for planned Minnesota mine
PolyMet Mining Corp. said it has filed paperwork with Canadian and U.S. securities officials that it plans to raise $60 million in a stock offering to shareholders and that it also has secured a $20 million loan from Swiss commodities giant Glencore.
By John Myers , April 10, 2013
Meeting set to discuss reroute of Highway 53 between Eveleth and Virginia
The state has to move Highway 53 in coming years to make way for an expansion of the Thunderbird Mine that supplies Cliffs Natural Resources’ United Taconite plant with ore.
By News Tribune staff , April 09, 2013
Test drilling for NW Wisconsin iron mine should start in April
Gogebic Taconite is expected to conduct test drilling on the site of its proposed iron ore mine in Northwestern Wisconsin by the end of April, a state regulator and the company said this week.
By Lee Bergquist , March 29, 2013
Controls sought for growing frack sand mining
Sen. Kathleen Vinehout is circulating five bills that would give property owners and local government more power over where the mines and processing plants are located.
By Associated Press report , March 27, 2013
Utah miner killed in accident just missed death in 2007 mine cave-in
Elam Jones was preparing to begin his shift at a Utah mine in August 2007 when a cave-in struck the section where he was to have worked, killing nine. The 28-year-old coal miner was not so lucky Friday.
By Associated Press report , March 23, 2013
Back to drawing board for Highway 53 reroute on Iron Range
The project has been delayed one year after a through-mine route was deemed unworkable.
By John Myers , March 22, 2013
Minnesota pro-mining group testifies in D.C.
Members of a Minnesota coalition of labor union members and business owners testified in Washington, D.C., on Thursday that federal regulatory efforts surrounding mining ventures need to be streamlined.
By News Tribune staff , March 22, 2013
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