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 ...

The Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc. and Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (collectively, “NRDC”) filed a February 2nd Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set mercury standards on the taconite industry, something the federal agency has avoided for 30 years. In a ...

A press release from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR): In an important step forward for mercury research in the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Division ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (photo: Canva) WASHINGTON — After decades of advocacy by tribal nations, states and conservation groups, the U.S. Environmental ...

New types of processed taconite. Plant expansions. Even the possibility of a steel mill right by a mine. There has been so much news on the Iron Range recently that it’s hard to keep track. One ...

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Tuesday, Jan. 9, said it plans to deny U.S. Steel a variance in its water pollution discharge permit for the company's massive Minntac taconite ...

One employee died this afternoon as a result of an explosion and fire at the United Taconite processing plant in Forbes, about five miles southwest of Eveleth. The United Taconite worker was working ...

Taconite industry workers in the Iron Range have an increased risk of contracting rare lung cancer mesothelioma, according to a University news release. The $4.9 million Minnesota Taconite Workers ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on Tuesday said it plans to deny U.S. Steel a variance in its water pollution discharge permit for the company’s massive Minntac taconite iron ore processing ...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency will propose the first-ever limits on mercury emissions from the state’s taconite processing plants, a result of nearly 20 years of legal battles over ...