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 ...

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 ...

The limits, set in 2024 by the Biden administration, would reduce the taconite industry's mercury emissions by 33%. The ...

DULUTH — President Donald Trump is giving Minnesota’s taconite iron ore mines two more years to comply with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate to reduce their mercury emissions — a rule ...

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 ...

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.

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In the drive to expand industrial production, the Defense Production Administration last week okayed the biggest single quick-tax-write-off in its history: a $298 million project for Minnesota’s Erie ...

A bright orange truck made a few passes along Munger Shaw Road on Friday. It’s called SCRIM, and it’s a road survey machine that tests friction of pavement and surfaces. SCRIM stands for Sideway force ...

DULUTH, Minn. -- The Iron Range is poised for a rebound in 2004 after a year of turmoil in which Minnesota's taconite industry produced 3.2 million tons less than 2002 and hundreds of workers were ...