| June 13, 2025 |
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| Twin Metals copper nickel mine near BWCA would sit on already polluted Birch Lake |
| The MN mine would sit on a lake that flows to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and is already polluted by a former taconite mine. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| June 11, 2025 |
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| Trump administration moves to reverse mineral withdrawal that impacts Twin Metals |
| Another update about the prospect of mining copper and nickel in Mn. |
| www.wdio.com |
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| June 11, 2025 |
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| Minnesota mining project will not be part of federal budget bill |
| A U.S. House committee removed language regarding mineral leases on federal land in northeastern Minnesota that would allow the Twin Metals copper-nickel mining project to proceed. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| May 8, 2025 |
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| Talon Metals, which seeks to supply Tesla with Minnesota nickel, speeds up exploration |
| The company has dug or extended hundreds of exploratory holes in Aitkin County, MN, as it looks for nickel, copper and platinum group metals. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| May 3, 2025 |
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| Feds move to advance two controversial mining projects in northern Minnesota |
| Two moves this week — one by Congress and one by the Trump administration — aim to advance two controversial mining projects in northeast Minnesota. |
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| May 2, 2025 |
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| New Trump mine rules beggar belief |
| The Trump administration has issued new guidance that could all but scuttle any significant environmental review of potentially hundreds of energy and minerals projects on federal … |
| timberjay.com |
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| May 2, 2025 |
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| Minnesota's NorthMet mine in Iron Range placed on Trump list as federal priority |
| The project in Babbitt, originally proposed by the company PolyMet, still needs to re-apply for a key federal permit. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| April 9, 2025 |
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| Sen. Smith introduces bill to ban copper mining near the Boundary Waters |
| U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota has introduced legislation to permanently ban mining for copper, nickel and precious metals over about 350 square miles within the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. |
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| March 27, 2025 |
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| Order puts mining as top priority for federal lands - The Timberjay |
| REGIONAL— A March 20 executive order signed by President Donald Trump establishes mining of minerals as the highest priority use of federal lands, and that could eventually lead to mining … |
| www.timberjay.com |
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| March 21, 2025 |
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| Trump critical minerals order could boost Minnesota mining plans |
| Environmentalists say the new Trump executive order that could boost mining threatens the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. |
| www.minnpost.com |
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| February 20, 2025 |
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| Tolkkinen: Stauber's plan to mine near the Boundary Waters ignores Minnesotans |
| Congressman Pete Stauber, Republican of Duluth, has introduced legislation that could open the door for copper nickel mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness near Ely, Minnesota. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| February 7, 2025 |
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| Stauber reintroduces bill to reverse mining ban near Boundary Waters, return leases to Twin Metals |
| The bill would also return two key federal mineral leases to Twin Metals Minnesota, the company vying to build an underground mine for copper and nickel near Ely |
| www.echopress.com |
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| January 11, 2025 |
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| The PolyMet denouement is here |
| The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has finally thrown in the procedural towel on the state's first proposed sulfide mine |
| threatenedwaters.com |
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| December 30, 2024 |
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| Water Over Nickel |
| Water Over Nickel is an initiative led by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and allied organizations and experts dedicated to protecting Minnesota’s water, environment, and communities from the risks associated with nickel mining.
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| waterovernickel.com |
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| December 30, 2024 |
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| Why Minnesota’s water future matters for everyone |
| The Mille Lacs Band, in its concern about the proposed Tamarack nickel mine, is standing with all Minnesotans who understand that our fates are intertwined. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| December 23, 2024 |
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| Twenty years after first proposed, NewRange still vying to build Minnesota’s first copper mine |
| Nearly 20 years after it was first proposed to state and federal regulators, the project formerly known as PolyMet Mining — now NewRange Copper Nickel — soldiers on, despite environmental groups’ contention that the project in its current form is dead. |
| www.mprnews.org |
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| December 21, 2024 |
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| Talon Metals' MN nickel mine changes plans in environmental review |
| The Tamarack Mine, which would supply Tesla's EV batteries, will take a more direct route to its ore. |
| www.startribune.com |
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| November 28, 2024 |
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| Minnesota DNR hits pause on NorthMet (PolyMet) copper-nickel mine permit review |
| A decision on whether to reissue a permit to mine for the company vying to open Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine is on hold after the company behind it said it is studying potential changes to the controversial project’s design.
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| www.twincities.com |
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| November 27, 2024 |
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| Minnesota DNR suspends review of PolyMet mine project |
| The Minnesota DNR recently announced it will suspend its review of the PolyMet copper-nickel sulfide permit until late next year. |
| queticosuperior.org |
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| November 25, 2024 |
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| Minnesota DNR delays decision on key proposed copper-nickel mine permit |
| The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has delayed a decision until late next year on a key permit for the proposed NewRange Copper Nickel project in northeastern Minnesota, the mine formerly known as PolyMet. The company called the agency’s decision “unfortunate.” |
| www.mprnews.org |
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