Former IRRR Commissioner Mark Phillips passes away
Mark Phillips, one of northeastern Minnesota’s top business and economic development leaders, has passed away.
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Mark Phillips, one of northeastern Minnesota’s top business and economic development leaders, has passed away.
Mark Phillips (far left) is pictured standing in a production shovel bucket alongside a group of commissioners from the IRON RANGE – Whenever Nancy Norr traveled through the northland with Mark Phillips, she could be certain of one thing: they would bump into one of Mark’s friends or colleagues. Phillips, an Eveleth native and long-time
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Minnesota Supreme Court hits pause on PolyMet permit to mine DNR must hold trial-like hearing on copper mine's tailings dam proposal. April 28, 2021 — 8:19pm Text size Copy shortlink: The Minnesota Supreme Court has overturned PolyMet's permit to mine in Minnesota, sending the company's central permit back to state regulators for further review. It is a fresh blow to what would be the state's first copper mine, a $1 billion open-pit mine project near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes that has stalled with several permits on hold or under r...