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, …
A Guide to Northern Minnesota's Mining Towns
In Chisholm (pop. 4,976) The Minnesota Discovery Center (1005 Discovery Dr.; 218.254.7959) is a good place to get an overview of the history of mining in the Iron Range. Think of it as a mining theme park, complete with mini-golf, an amphitheater, a 19th …
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 ...
The History of 3M | From Humble Beginnings to …
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 …
Interactive map of underground mines in …
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 …
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 …
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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 future generations.
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.
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 ...
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.
Dirty Water and Dead Rice: The Cost of the Clean Energy …
"The last mine that opened in northern Minnesota was in the late '70s. And, with the direction that this country is headed towards a greener future, Talon is going to create jobs ...
Biden Administration Blocks Minnesota's Twin Metals Mine
The Biden administration blocked plans for a major copper, nickel and cobalt mine in northern Minnesota that could have helped supply minerals for his "net-zero" plans. The "Twin Metals Project" would have tapped the Duluth Complex within the Superior National Forest, where 95 percent of the nation's nickel reserves and 88 percent of …
Why 2022 could be a critical year for the …
While Minnesota has a long history of mining iron ore and taconite, there aren't mines to extract copper, nickel, cobalt, palladium, platinum and gold as PolyMet would.
"A dream. It's perfect": Helium discovery in northern Minnesota …
For a century, the U.S. Government-owned the largest helium reserve in the country, but the biggest exporters now are in Russia, Qatar and Tanzania. With this new discovery, Minnesota could be ...
Talon's Minnesota mine plan raises a familiar question: Can …
— At Talon Metals' drill site just north of this northern Minnesota town, workers are hauling out cores showing some of the highest-grade nickel ever found in the state — a metal the company ...
A brief history of Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range
The Mesabi Iron Range's history as a mining district begins well before ore was unearthed. ... High mountains were built in northern Minnesota and, later, a large shallow sea covered much of the ...
Go 2,341 Feet Underground On This Minnesota Mine Tour
It is the deepest mine in Minnesota! Guests have a chance to explore the mine's depths for themselves. Tours of the mine take visitors 2,341 feet below the …
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 ...
Scientists just discovered a massive reservoir of helium beneath Minnesota
Resource exploration company Pulsar Helium, Inc. has a drilling rig located just outside of Babbitt in an iron-ore mining district known as the Iron Range, which stretches 175 miles (280 ...
Community remembers Milford Mine Disaster after 100 …
CROSBY, Minn. — In the first half of the 20th century, iron ore mining in central and northern Minnesota was at a peak, boosting the local economy and proving essential in the United States ...
Core Conversations on the future of mining in northern Minnesota
J.T. Haines of the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy expressed environmental concerns about copper-nickel mining, while arguing that recycling and reuse could put more minerals into the economy than new mining. Julie Lucas of Mining Minnesota advocated that proposed mining projects like PolyMet, Teck Resources, …
Why Minnesota
Northern Minnesota- including the Duluth Complex where Twin Metals is located – is a critical area for America's strategic metal supply. The strategic metals to be mined in the Duluth Complex play a crucial role in America's and Minnesota's economic security in the future. ... The jobs, revenue and taxes generated by mining these ...
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 …
Talon Metals releases plan for Minnesota nickel mine that …
Proposed northern Minnesota nickel mine signs deal with Tesla Talon will transport the material it digs out to a processing site in North Dakota with the help of a $114 million federal grant ...
Iron Mining History
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 to make steel which has been used to build infrastructure, appliances, vehicles, and so many other things that make our …
Biden administration imposes 20-year mining moratorium in …
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:
Northern Minn. iron ore mining company invests in steel industry…
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.
Proposed Minnesota nickel mine begins environmental …
That funding contrasts with the administration's efforts to kill another proposed mining project in northern Minnesota, the Twin Metals copper-nickel mine near Ely, which is just upstream from the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness.
Company spends millions exploring historic helium deposit …
BABBITT, MN. (Northern News Now) - An international company has spent millions of dollars exploring a historic deposit of helium found near Babbitt that may soon be extracted from the ground. ... "We're rock mining people," said Brown, an Iron Range political analyst. "This is a gas and so that puts it in a new category of natural ...
Helium find in northern Minnesota could spur new mine
But at the Department of Natural Resources, usually the key agency regulating mining in Minnesota, there's little to no roadmap for how a helium project would be assessed.