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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: House, Senate look to the sun for power
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey Minnesotans could sell solar power to electric utilities under a bill the House passed 70-63 late Tuesday. They pay someone who has solar on their house just what the ...
Posted on 5/8/13 at 8:29 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND Space Studies presents space law expert Edythe Weeks as part of its spring colloquium series
The Department of Space Studies Spring 2013 Space Studies Colloquium Series focuses on the general theme "Near-Earth Asteroid Mining" and features several leading experts in the field. The second pre...
Posted on 2/20/13 at 3:17 PM
Cliffs cutting iron production, affecting 625 jobs 
About 625 people will be laid off when Cliffs Natural Resources idles a Michigan mine and cuts production at a Minnesota operation due to declining demand for iron ore, the company announced Monday.
By Steve Karnowski , November 19, 2012
Mining jobs, wages highest in a decade
Minnesota’s iron mining industry last year posted its highest employment and wages paid in more than a decade, a clear sign of recovery from a disastrous 2009 when all six of the state’s six taconite plants shut down for a time.
By John Myers , July 18, 2012
Gravel mine halted near historic North Dakota ranch
A Montana businessman agreed Wednesday to halt development of a gravel mine near the site of Theodore Roosevelt's historic Badlands ranch in western North Dakota.
By James MacPherson , July 18, 2012
Company kills plans for Minnesota taconite plant
An Iron Range company that recycles old iron ore tailings says it won't build a new taconite plant in Minnesota.
By Associated Press , June 11, 2012
Western ND coal mine zoning affirmed by court
A coal mine developer has won a North Dakota Supreme Court victory in a zoning dispute. The court ruled Thursday that the Stark County Commission acted properly when it approved the zoning and land use changes.
By Associated Press , June 07, 2012
Northeast Minnesota minerals prospecting review completed
Federal officials have completed a final environmental impact statement on the effects of prospecting for copper, nickel and other minerals in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota.
By Associated Press , May 29, 2012
Environmentalists launch campaign against mining
Environmental groups launched a campaign Wednesday to raise public awareness ahead of the summer vacation season about plans for copper-nickel mining in northeastern Minnesota.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2012
ND regulator says potash well site cleaned up
A North Dakota regulator says a potash mining test well site has been cleaned up. A potash mining critic had complained the Burke County location was left trashy after the Dakota Salts company drilled the well in late 2010.
By Associated Press , April 26, 2012
Gene Wirtz, Underwood, N.D., letter: PSC OKs end-run around land-use law
If our state has a good coal reclamation law but won’t enforce it, what are the prospects for farmers to make a living by farming and ranching after oil’s brief one-time harvest?
By Gene Wirtz , April 19, 2012
Proposed northeast Minnesota underground mine would be state's largest ever
Twin Metals has instructed its engineering contractor to draw up plans for an 80,000-ton-per day mine and processing plant in northeastern Minnesota. The project is expected to cost between $2 billion and $3 billion and will tap what geologists say is a jackpot discovery of copper southwest of Ely.
By Associated Press , March 27, 2012
Legislative notebook: Minnesota lawmakers consider allowing more fireworks
Minnesota lawmakers are considering allowing bigger and aerial fireworks. They already are being used, Rep. John Kriesel said, because they are brought in from Wisconsin, South Dakota and North Dakota. “My neighborhood sounds like Fallujah,” said the Cottage Grove Republican, who lost both legs in an explosion near Fallujah during the Iraqi war.
By Don Davis , February 23, 2012
Lynn Helms, Bismarck, letter: N.D. acts decisively on fracking, flaring
The state is fully committed to maintaining and demonstrating that we are best positioned to regulate hydraulic fracturing.
By Lynn Helms , January 22, 2012
N.D. lignite production declines again in 2011
Officials say production at North Dakota's four large lignite mines dropped for the second year in a row due to scheduled outages at power plants and an increase in hydroelectric production at Garrison Dam on the Missouri River.
By Associated Press , January 11, 2012
U.S. bans new mining claims on public land near Grand Canyon for 20 years
The Obama administration announced a federal ban today on new mining claims affecting a million acres near the Grand Canyon, an area known to be rich in high-grade uranium ore reserves.
By Matthew Daly , January 09, 2012
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