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A federal judge has dealt another serious setback to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper has dismissed a crucial mineral rights lawsuit by Twin Metals, another setback to the company's proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota.

ELY- While the U.S. Department of the Interior has banned mineral leases for 20 years on 225,000 acres within the Rainy River watershed on the Superior National Forest, Ely-based Northeastern …

This solo exhibition of new sculpture and mixed media works by artist Margaret Fitzgibbon, entitled ‘You Begin’, is currently on show at the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray and visitors can view it at their leisure for free, in this space that lends itself so well to an exhibition of this nature.

REGIONAL— The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state’s non-ferrous mine siting rule is largely protective of the environment, but needs updating to better address …

Regulators say they are insufficient.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it intends to rewrite its mining rules to better protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area from noise and light pollution, by expanding a mining buffer zone around the wilderness.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources concluded it needs to expand a protective buffer around the Boundary Waters to protect the area from light and noise pollution.

The agency urged the Legislature to consider whether tailings storage and processing methods are "compatible" in the same watershed as the wilderness area.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators have concluded that state rules governing...