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… MCEA Duluth Office As decarbonization goes mainstream, mining companies are hopping on the bandwagon and … serious questions about the need for new raw materials and mining’s role in the clean energy transition remain. Despite … … Circular Economy … Green Economy … Critical minerals … sulfide mining … The untapped opportunities in a billion …
… air permit despite concerns with mine expansion plans Mining proposal remains without key permits needed to … deny PolyMet’s requested permit to mine. Today, the sulfide mining proposal continues to find itself in the same … at the top of this release. ### Additional information on sulfide mining and clean energy demands Sulfide mining has …
… evaluate whether polluted groundwater from the proposed sulfide mine would pollute streams and rivers downstream in … pollution and be at highest risk from PolyMet’s proposed sulfide mining project in St. Louis County, including the Fond du Lac …
… Landing, in the vicinity of the proposed PolyMet copper sulfide mine. Photo courtesy of Rob Levine. November 2nd, … of Natural Resources (DNR) issued permits to PolyMet Mining to build and operate the first ever sulfide mine in the State of Minnesota — the most …
… PolyMet saga, here’s the rundown: Glencore, a $160B Swiss mining and commodity trading conglomerate, has an interest in … practices. Glencore’s PolyMet has proposed a copper sulfide mine in the St. Louis River watershed near Hoyt … deposit. Because the copper PolyMet is after is locked in sulfide-bearing ore, getting that copper would require …
… to the 70’s). Recently, the facility’s owner, Northshore Mining, has proposed expanding the tailings basin to contain … and water resources in Minnesota from the international sulfide mining industry, we need to ask better questions than … … Lutsen … Superior National Forest … Critical minerals … sulfide mining … MCEA Fall Duluth Update …
… of Natural Resources’ (“DNR’s”) permits allowing PolyMet Mining Inc. (“PolyMet”) to construct Minnesota’s first sulfide mine. The Court concluded, “we reverse the DNR’s … of Lake Superior Chippewa “The DNR approved PolyMet’s sulfide mine proposal without a full, fair, and fact-based …
… in recent years. Until now. Cases Address Key Issues of Mining and Climate Pollution Of MCEA’s three cases before the … for PolyMet’s controversial proposal to mine low-grade sulfide ore upstream from the Fond du Lac reservation and … — not just in the case of PolyMet, but for every new sulfide mining proposal, including the Twin Metals proposal …
… MCEA Duluth Office As decarbonization goes mainstream, mining companies are hopping on the bandwagon and … but they face threats as well, particularly from proposed sulfide mines. For example, if built, PolyMet would destroy … more connected than other parts of the state, but proposed sulfide mines threaten to fragment the region’s connectivity. …
… whether contaminated groundwater from PolyMet’s proposed sulfide mine would pollute downstream waters in the Lake … to move forward with its unprecedented and destructive sulfide mine proposal. For additional information about the … section of this release for information on sulfide-mining’s climate impacts as well as the mining industry’s …