June 22, 2023. Talon Metals on Wednesday submitted its plan for an underground nickel and copper mine in Aitkin County to Minnesota regulators, launching the environmental review of a project that ...Web

This is what happened with PolyMet, another mining company that proposed a nickel-copper mine in northeastern Minnesota. In an attempt to gain local support, it pledged to build a finishing plant ...Web

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Biden administration dealt a serious blow Wednesday to the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, ordering a study that could lead to a 20-year ban on mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The U.S. Forest Service filed an application with the …Web

Nickel is used to create stainless steel and is also in many EV batteries, so much so that Tesla struck a deal in Minnesota with Talon Metals Corp. for some of its nickel should the company get ...Web

The rift also includes northeastern Minnesota, where two similar mine proposals that focus predominantly on copper, Twin Metals near Ely and NewRange Copper Nickel on the eastern end of the Iron ...Web

The department said it was investing $150 million to promote domestic production of critical minerals, including copper, nickel and other metals that Twin Metals wants to mine, that are needed for ...Web

The combination of two large copper-nickel projects in northeastern Minnesota could bolster the financial strength of each as costs to build new mines have surged. PolyMet, owner of the proposed ...Web

The proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota suffered a fresh setback Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, when an administrative law judge recommended that state regulators should not ...Web

Talon recently launched the Tamarack Nickel-Copper-Cobalt Project located in Tamarack, Minnesota, with the goal of providing a domestic source of nickel to be used in the electric vehicle industry ...Web

"Joe Biden banned mining in 225,000 acres of Minnesota's Iron Range, and locked up development of taconite, copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum-group elements, and more," Stauber also said in the ...Web

The federal government held the first of three public meetings Wednesday to get feedback on a proposed copper-nickel mining ban near the Boundary Waters. ... "Minnesota accounts for less than 2 ...Web

The proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota suffered a fresh setback Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, when an administrative law judge …Web

PolyMet Mining and Teck American, which have worked on separate copper-nickel mining projects in northern Minnesota for more than a decade, have officially combined to form a new joint venture ...Web

The Twin Metals mine is a state-of-the-art underground copper, nickel, cobalt and platinum group metals (PGM) operation using some of the most advanced and precise methods of extraction. It is a ...Web

"Joe Biden banned mining in 225,000 acres of Minnesota's Iron Range, and locked up development of taconite, copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum-group elements, and more."Web

MINNEAPOLIS —The proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota suffered a fresh setback this week when an administrative law …Web

PolyMet Mining and Teck American, which have worked on separate copper-nickel mining projects in northern Minnesota for more than a decade, have officially combined to form a new joint venture ...Web

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — 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, dismissing the company's lawsuit that sought to regain the critical mineral rights leases that the Biden administration cancelled. The …Web

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The project was renamed NewRange Copper Nickel in February but is still widely known as PolyMet. It seeks to be Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine, but it has long been stalled by court and ...Web

In other words, is the nickel-copper deposit near Tamarack rich enough to eventually host more than one relatively small mine? Talon's mineral leases, which cover about 31,000 acres, are primarily ...Web

November 28, 2023 7:49 PM. A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine is seen. A state administrative law judge has ...Web

More High-Grade Nickel in the USA: Talon Metals Reports 139% Increase in Thickness of Nickel-Copper Mineralization in the Raptor Zone. Tamarack North Project & Tamarack South Project. A joint venture …Web

The company says it can produce copper, nickel and platinum-group metals needed for the clean energy economy without harming the environment while creating jobs for northeastern Minnesota. Other ...Web

The Eagle Mine in Michigan is the nation's only primary nickel mine, and it's expected to close in 2025. Enter the proposed Tamarack Mine in Minnesota, which is being developed by Talon Metals ...Web

Nov. 29, 2023, at 2:35 p.m. Proposed NewRange Copper-Nickel Mine in Minnesota Suffers Fresh Setback on Top of Years of Delays. FILE - A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn ...Web

The usual arguments for copper-nickel mining in Minnesota are largely economic. Mining creates local jobs. It generates wealth for the state. It can even help fight climate change. As the …Web

Sept. 11, 2019. Just as steel made from Minnesota's iron ore powered the U.S. military to victory during World War II, supporters of copper-nickel mining in the state say the industry could help ...Web

In all, green energy in 2022 accounted for 7% of world copper consumption, a number expected to rise to 20% by 2030, said Erik Heimlich, Santiago, Chile-based head of base metals supply with CRU ...Web

PolyMet Mining and Teck Resources announced Wednesday they are entering into a joint venture agreement to develop their copper-nickel mining projects in northeastern Minnesota. Under the terms of ...Web

The White House moves to ban copper mining near wilderness area in Minnesota A Biden administration review ... a company called Twin Metals wants to tunnel deep underground to mine copper, nickel ...Web

The Biden administration has canceled two federal mineral leases held by Twin Metals Minnesota, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the company's bid to build an underground mine for copper ...Web

October 31, 2023 2:05 PM. A core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals containing copper, nickel and precious metals. A mining company blocked by the ...Web