Minnesota Brown

It’s a busy Monday on the Iron Range! MSNBC reports from a Marketwire release that PolyMet has received its long-awaited Environmental Impact Statement from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. PolyMet wants to build a mine by Hoyt Lakes that would extract a variety of nonferrous minerals including copper and nickel. This EIS has been…

This was in today’s Star Tribune. It’s an economic story that points out how the Iron Range “boom and bust” cycle we’re used to around here is happening much faster than the old days. Iron Range’s fast fall follows boomThe mining industry faces sudden shutdowns, but many see a silver lining in the long run.…

I posted last week about the many different media approaches to the Iron Range Resources meeting this past Thursday. This is the meeting where Essar Steel received a one-year extension on its loan for its mining and steel project near Nashwauk. Here’s another: Beth Bily reports on the same meeting for Business North, reporting on…

Two late follow-ups to Iron Range stories that have appeared here: The Star Tribune reports on the public meeting in which experts explained the progress of U of M researchers exploring a rare kind of cancer that is more prevalent among Iron Range miners. Beth Bily of Business North covers the “Focus on India” conference…