Mining

Almost 20 years after the project began, Mesabi Metallics says production could start next year for the first new mine on the Iron Range in decades.

Part of the Nippon Steel’s national security agreement with Trump administration includes $800 million in local investments, few job protections.

Stauber-sponsored provisions were scrapped on concerns they would not pass muster under Senate parliamentary rules.

Legislation would end mining moratorium on Superior National Forest and reinstate canceled Twin Metals leases.

The natural gravity outflow will maintain water levels in the mine pit to prevent overflow into nearby Bovey.

Republican-led bill tabled in Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee after benefits were paired with environmental policies.

Cleveland-Cliffs says the temporary idles "are necessary to re-balance working capital needs and consume excess pellet inventory," according to a statement.

A U.S. District Court in Delaware granted Mesabi Metallics motion to move the antitrust case to trial court.

The legislation would reverse the Biden administration's withdrawal of mineral leases near the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals found the state agency did not have the statutory authority to condition its approval of the plan on the mining company amending another permit.