Company announces change in plans to avoid using traditional, less safe waste storage technique that nearby PolyMet proposal will use. Some environmental groups have promoted dry stacking but questions remain.
Lawyers for environmental groups argued last week that Twin Metals’ mineral leases should never have been renewed, and that PolyMet’s land exchange was a bad deal for the public.
Star Tribune says Trump officials should justify how they decided to cancel an environmental review and reopen the opportunity for a mining proposal near the Boundary Waters to proceed.
Arne Carlson and another retired official say new information has come to light that requires a review of how the mine proposal was permitted.
Public input is now being accepted on a document that describes new leases and conditions to restrict mining impacts.
Newly-found records show government fought against long-term leases and put caveats on the terms to ensure expedient mineral development.
Federal government decides to let mining companies acquire leases to explore and extract minerals…
Boundary Waters businesses, environmental groups challenge the Trump administration’s effort to restore leases to Twin Metals which are critical for its mine proposal.
Letters to leaders of two government agencies seek completion of study of mining in the wilderness watershed before proposals move forward.
A facility near the Boundary Waters and upstream of the popular White Iron Chain of Lakes could process 20,000 tons of ore each day.
Twin Metals is getting mineral leases back that it lost in 2016, as the Trump administration continues to reverse Obama-era decisions.
American Rivers has named the wilderness waters to its list for a second time in five years as critical decisions loom.
Forest Service scales back analysis of proposed mining moratorium over objections of Boundary Waters advocates.
Twin Metals project gets new lease on life after Interior Department lawyer reverses policy and says government must allow access.
A bill restoring mineral rights near the Boundary Waters squeaked through the House of Representatives last week, but doesn’t yet have a Senate author.
Two bills seeking to speed up the Twin Metals and PolyMet mine proposals are being voted on this week in Washington, D.C.
The bipartisan effort was met by bipartisan opposition as Congress wrestled with proposal to withdraw lands in the wilderness watershed from mineral exploration.
Communications error results in extension of deadline to weigh in on withdrawing public lands from mining next to the wilderness.
The Trump administration says it will not reverse plans for comprehensive review of risks of mining near the Boundary Waters.
Chilean billionaire suing to advance a proposed mine next to the Boundary Waters also owns the first daughter’s house.