During a Friday, May 6, visit to St. Paul, Haaland said she couldn’t disclose if her agency would allow the proposed mine to move forward after the Interior canceled two mineral leases for Twin Metals, the company that wants to develop the mine. The secretary of the interior wasin Minnesota to announce nearly $9 million in federal funding for urban parks in the state.
The DNR is seeking public input before determining whether to negotiate with the company and present proposed leases to the State Executive Council for approval.
Talks between North Star Manganese and Cooperative Mineral Resources began in 2018, but gained significant momentum since June of 2019, when agreements in principle were reached in a memorandum of understanding and term sheet, Crow Wing Power reported.
Department of Interior Assistant Secretary for Land and Mineral Management Joe Balash signed the Twin Metals Hardrock Mineral Leases, moving Twin Metals a step closer to offering a mine plan of operation.
Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Duluth, and state Rep. Dale Lueck, R-Aitkin, applauded the Army Corps of Engineers' decision to issue its Section 404 wetlands permit and Record of Decision for the NorthMet Project, the final permit needed to begin developme...
Rep. Pete Stauber Monday introduced H.R. 527, the Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2019. This bipartisan legislation provides legal certainty by codifying the land exchange between PolyMet Mining Inc. and the U.S. Forest Service into...
In the closing moments of an 8th Congressional District debate, Oct. 8, at Madden's Resort, one of the candidates touched upon tragedy--his mother, killed in a violent murder-suicide by a relative; another close family member, struggling in a hos...
Populism is popular--evidenced by a slew of political hopefuls at every level of government, both sides of the aisle, headlined by the likes of one-time presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump.
DULUTH--Vice President Mike Pence blew in and out of Duluth on Wednesday, Aug. 8, in less than four hours, promising while he was there to capitalize on an economy growing in chunks, he said, for the first time in 16 years.
