Republican control in Washington could open the way for copper nickel mining efforts near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

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

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) reintroduced a bill on Jan. 21 to ban sulfide-ore copper mining in the Boundary Waters ...

In his statement, Stauber says his bill would reinstate mineral leases in the area, describing that Biden's decision to ...

WASHINGTON― Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today over its May 2019 renewal of two mineral leases that pave the way for a massive copper mine at the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe ...

Mining Minnesota says the project would create 750 ... manner to ensure Americans can benefit from the much-need copper, nickel, and cobalt resources that are abundant in northeast Minnesota.” ...

Those who oppose the introduction of copper and nickel mining in Minnesota say copper, nickel and other ores are in rock that contain sulfides, and when exposed to air and water those sulfides ...

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 ...

A federal judge in Minnesota dismissed eight environmental groups' challenges to the construction of an open-pit copper mine that they argue will destroy protected habitat and imperil several species ...

House Republicans are eying a process called reconciliation to boost oil and gas drilling, and approve specific mining projects, which would only require a simple majority for passage. House ...

Those who oppose the introduction of copper and nickel mining in Minnesota say copper, nickel and other ores are in rock that contain sulfides, and when exposed to air and water those sulfides ...