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Lake County township says no thanks to copper mining
The three-member Stony River Township board of supervisors voted unanimously for the resolution, which calls for the state of Minnesota to enact a metallic sulfide mining moratorium law, and, until such a moratorium is enacted, to deny all requests for permits to prospect or develop metallic sulfide mines in the township.
Saturday, September, 17, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

Northshore Mining to pay $240,175 in fines for air quality violations
Northshore Mining Co. has agreed to pay a $240,175 penalty to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for air quality violations that the MPCA says occurred at the company’s taconite processing plant in Silver Bay.
Thursday, February, 16, 2012 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

Stony River puts hold on mining
A Lake County township board voted this week for a resolution seeking a halt to mining exploration efforts in the area.
Thursday, September, 22, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

St Louis County Township joins mining opposition
A second northeastern Minnesota township has said no thanks to mineral exploration and copper mining.
Thursday, October, 20, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

It’s boom times for region’s mining industry
Minnesota’s iron ore industry has bounced back to full speed this spring, less than two years after hitting rock-bottom – one of the fastest turnarounds in a century of mining.
Thursday, March, 31, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

Northshore Mining fined by state
Fines are for discharges at pump stations.
Thursday, May, 26, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

Minnesota stalls mining leases in Northland again
Landowners get 6-month reprieve from exploration as governor urges state to gather more information.
Thursday, October, 06, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

DNR delays mine exploration leases again
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has pulled a proposal for mineral exploration leases off the agenda of the Minnesota Executive Council set to meet next week at the Capitol.
Friday, September, 02, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Landowners wary as DNR delays mineral lease decision
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has pulled a proposal for mineral exploration leases off the agenda of the Minnesota Executive Council set to meet this week at the Capitol in St. Paul.
Thursday, September, 08, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

PolyMet has cash woes
PolyMet Mining Corp. – which has been working to open Minnesota’s first copper mine on the northern border of St. Louis and Lake counties – is running low on cash.
Thursday, June, 02, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

Cravaack hosts meeting on Polymet
Federal regulatory agencies are cooperating better and are on pace to finish the draft environmental review of the PolyMet copper mine project by January.
Thursday, October, 13, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

Free mercury device collection in Silver Bay
Northshore Mining Co. in Silver Bay is sponsoring a free drop-off Tuesday for local residents to properly dispose of devices that contain toxic mercury.
Monday, August, 01, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

PEOPLE: Serving overseas
This photo was snapped of Sgt. Paul Kuusisto of Two Harbors while ground-guiding his scout Caiman Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle.
Friday, November, 18, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

Sale of mineral rights irks county landowners
The land equals 30,000 acres in Lake County, or 47 square miles. Mining supporters – and official state policy – say the leases are a critical first step to tapping the state’s vast mineral wealth, leading to new types of mining, hundreds of jobs, increased taxes and huge royalties for the state to pay for schools, roads and more.
Thursday, April, 28, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

State board spurns mineral leases
Minnesota’s Executive Council, the state’s top elected officials, kicked 77 mineral exploration leases back to the Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday, saying the agency hadn’t gone far enough to notify landowners of possible mining interest under their land.
Thursday, June, 16, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

Cliffs makes Fortune 500 list
Cliffs Natural Resources announced Friday it has been added to the Fortune 500 list for 2011, Fortune Magazine’s annual ranking of America’s largest companies by revenue.
Saturday, May, 07, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - Business

Guest commentary: Oil spill fallout hits BWCAW
The discharge of toxic waste into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area is not just a pollution problem, it will be, for millions of people, the end of the world.
Thursday, August, 04, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - Opinion

Engagement: Aho and Peterson

Thursday, September, 01, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - Community

Deal near for Minnesota land trapped in BWCAW
A deal is close that could end a decades-long dispute over state land within the federal Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Thursday, November, 10, 2011 - Lake County News Chronicle - News

Split Rock Lighthouse named historic landmark
Split Rock Lighthouse near Beaver Bay and Grand Mound near International Falls were among 14 new designations announced earlier this summer by the federal government.
Monday, August, 15, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

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