Northern Minnesota Republican Congressman Pete Stauber has reintroduced legislation to overturn a 20-year mining ban near the ...

Talon Metals on Wednesday submitted its plan for an underground nickel and copper mine in Aitkin County to Minnesota regulators, launching the environmental review of a project that could become a ...

Another federal funding boost for a first of its kind green iron plant in the works for the region, which is being ...

On his way out the door former President Joe Biden warned that his successor Donald Trump was building an oligarchy in the ...

Former President Donald Trump wants to mine ... the Iron Range. “These are hardworking men and women who have union jobs who he isn’t supporting.” Trump narrowly missed winning Minnesota ...

Any new heavy-metals mines in northeastern Minnesota would be in addition to the many open-pit iron-ore and taconite mines in the region, which have already left behind a legacy of toxic pollution and ...

The U of M's Natural Resources Research Institute still hopes a $1.3 million grant will help it study the feasibility of ...

Engineers are hoping to turn an accidental discovery of helium on the Iron Range into a plant that will extract the gas and ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Thursday it has issued permits for Poly Met Mining, Inc.’s proposed NorthMet mining project in northeast Minnesota. The announcement was ...

KEEWATIN — As an Iron Range taconite mine appeals a decision by state regulators ... The documents were obtained by Minnesota environmental group CURE through a Freedom of Information Act ...