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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
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
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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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N.D. PSC will seek $3.9 million to reclaim coal mines in western part of state
The mines south of Columbus in Burke County and north of Beulah in Mercer County went out of business decades ago, before state and federal laws required them to be reclaimed for farming and ranching use. Under the Burke County project, new vegetation would be planted on about 350 acres of mined land and about 1.3 miles of "high walls," created when the mine's open pits were dug, would be leveled.
By Dale Wetzel , January 04, 2012
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Taconite mining plants on Minnesota's Iron Range operated at close to capacity in 2011
Minnesota's taconite mining operations ran at or close to capacity in 2011. The Mesabi Daily News reports that the Iron Range produced an estimated 38.9 million tons of iron pellets last year. That's 3.8 million tons more than in 2010, and much better than the 17.1 million in the downturn year of 2009.
By Associated Press , January 02, 2012
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IDAHO: 7 injured miners safely removed from mile inside underground mine
Seven miners were safely removed from an underground mine in northern Idaho after they were injured by a rock burst while working more than a mile deep, a mine company official said late Wednesday.
By Associated Press , December 15, 2011
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N.D. gross domestic product climbs to $34.7 billion
That’s up 7 percent from 2009, the fastest economic growth in the nation.
GDP is the value added in production by labor and capital.
By Herald Staff Report , December 13, 2011
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Peru declares 60-day emergency over gold mine protests
President Ollanta Humala declared a 60-day state of emergency that took effect today to quell increasingly violent protests over the country's biggest investment, a highlands gold mine, by peasants who fear it will damage their water supply.
By Franklin Briceno , December 05, 2011
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Last 45 workers pulled alive from Chinese mine
After Thursday's cave-in, at least 200 workers dug a small rescue tunnel about 1,650 feet deep to reach the trapped miners. Seven trapped miners were pulled out alive Friday from the mine in the city of Samenxia in Henan province, in central China.
By Scott McDonald , November 05, 2011
Tax break for Minnesota's taconite plants slashed
The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board voted Thursday to chop a taconite production tax reimbursement nearly in half. The five plants will get nearly $5 million instead of nearly $10 million they expected this year. The money saved will go instead to public works projects on the Iron Range.
By Associated Press , October 21, 2011
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Northern Minnesota landowners livid about mineral leasing contracts
Almost half of the 260 acres near Isabella, Minn., owned by Ron Brodigan and his son could be subject to drilling based on leases the state awarded last spring to companies that search for valuable minerals. Under Minnesota law, landowners have little say in the process and don’t get a cut of the profits, even if they eventually lose their land.
By Steve Karnowski , September 03, 2011
A year later, Chile's '33' are mostly unemployed
One of the myths surrounding the 33 miners who were so dramatically rescued after being trapped for 69 days deep inside a Chilean copper mine is that they're all millionaires and no longer need to work. The truth: nearly half the men have been unemployed since their mine collapsed one year ago Friday. Four, so far, have gone back underground to pound rock for a living.
By Eva Vergara , August 03, 2011
Feds: Mine faked reports before fatal West Virginia blast
Coal company managers pressured miners to generate a second set of reports omitting chronic safety problems to mislead inspectors before an underground explosion killed 29 men last year, federal regulators said Tuesday.
By Tim Huber and Vicki Smith , June 29, 2011
North Dakota coal mine foes say it will hurt farming, water
Opponents of a proposed southwestern North Dakota coal mine argued Tuesday the project would hurt the region's farm economy, damage its water supplies and put an industrial eyesore within 15 miles of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
By Dave Wetzel , June 28, 2011
Mining company with Iron Range interests needs more funding
PolyMet Mining Corp. needs additional funding to meet all its obligations for the next eight months.
By Duluth News Tribune / MCT , May 31, 2011
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Angry asbestos executive says he was duped by Jon Stewart show
The head of the Jeffrey Mine calls a satirical news report on the “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” last week that lambasted the province's asbestos-mining industry a “tacky parody” that was in “poor taste.”
By The Canadian Press , May 17, 2011
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