MPR News2d
Unemployment extension for laid-off mine workers gets tangled up at Capitol
Two proposals include unemployment insurance benefit extensions. The Republican-sponsored one would tie the unemployment ...
Minnesota may extend unemployment funds for Iron Range steelworkers in time of tariffs
Cleveland-Cliffs announced layoffs affecting more than 600 last month.
KTTC3d
Minnesota lawmakers looking to support mining employees
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – State lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are looking to support Minnesota mining employees ...
Grand Rapids Herald-Review3d
Construction underway on permanent water outlet for Canisteo Mine Pit in Itasca County
After pumping out more than 4.7 billion gallons of water from the Canisteo Mine Pit in Itasca County to manage the pit’s water levels, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, ...
Court upholds MPCA’s wild rice sulfate limits downstream of Iron Range mine
The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a state agency’s decision to deny an iron ore mine and processing plant’s request to ...
Duluth News Tribune5d
Minnesota court upholds wild rice sulfate limits downstream of mine
The court sided with the MPCA, which rejected U.S. Steel's request to allow sulfate levels nearly eight times higher than the standard for wild rice waters in Hay Lake.
Shanghai Metals Market6d
The increase in costs of nickel ore and nickel pig iron supported the strengthening of nickel prices. [SMM Nickel Morning Meeting Minutes]
Meeting Minutes] Last week, nickel prices showed a trend of fluctuating and strengthening, with spot prices fluctuating between 128,600 and 133,300 yuan/mt, while SHFE nickel futures prices (2505 ...
On Minnesota’s Iron Range, Trump’s Tariffs Could Be Boom or Bust
A region near the Canadian border, whose mines provide most of the new ore used in producing domestic steel — and cars — has a lot at stake as trade wars intensify.