A new federal lawsuit has been filed against the Trump administration over exemptions for the mining industry.

Lawsuit challenges two-year waiver from the EPA’s mercury and toxic air pollution limits that protect Great Lakes communities, and public health ...

Loss of electrical power and propulsion because of generator issues, and a failure to fully address earlier electrical ...

Parts of Minnesota's system of collecting taconite taxes and distributing that revenue need more clarity, transparency and oversight, according to a report released Thursday by the state legislative ...

SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST — When the Biden administration barred new mining activity on 225,000 acres of federal land in the Rainy River Watershed, the decision was aimed at protecting the Boundary ...

WASHINGTON — After decades of advocacy by tribal nations, states and conservation groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is updating requirements for one of the largest sources of ...

The PolyMet and Teck American joint venture recently launched an $18 million project in Hoyt Lakes, beginning the transformation of an old taconite plant into a copper-nickel operation. NewRange ...

The shipping season is almost over. But the ice in the harbor still needs clearing, and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw was happy to help. She’s been assigned duty for Operation Taconite, which ...

Taconite plants, the largest industrial source of mercury pollution in Minnesota, have vented the toxic metal for years into the air without enforced limits. Those days are likely coming to an end.

The rule would require the six taconite processing plants located in northeastern Minnesota to cut their emissions by 57% by the end of 2026 The Northshore Mining plant in Silver Bay, Minnesota, is ...

One of the largest private investments in Wisconsin history -- and the largest new taconite iron ore plant in the U.S. in more than 40 years -- would transform the region's economy. That's the finding ...