President Trump has signed a congressional resolution to strip protections from Minnesota's Boundary Waters, opening the area ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - A core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals on Oct. 4, 2011, containing ...

President Donald Trump has lifted a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, clearing ...

President Trump on Monday signed a measure stripping protections from a Minnesota wilderness area and instead opening it up ...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 214-208 in favor of a bill that aims to overturn the Biden administration’s 20-year mining ban on 225,504 acres in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest — an ...

Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House ...

The Senate voted 50-49 on Thursday to repeal a ban on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, a significant step toward reviving a controversial project to mine a portion ...

The Senate voted to pass a measure that would lift a Biden administration mining ban in northern Minnesota, opening the door to drilling for critical minerals in an area that environmentalists have ...

The Kawishiwi River flows Wednesday, June 12, 2019 near Ely, Minn. Twin Metals is proposing to build an underground copper-nickel mine near Ely, Minn. and close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

WASHINGTON — Minnesota’s mining industry is looking forward to president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next month, which will usher in a reversal of policies that will allow Twin Metals to renew ...

ST. PAUL — State lawmakers had a mixed response to the federal mining ban repeal, with some celebrating and others teary-eyed at the Capitol Thursday afternoon. The U.S. Senate narrowly passed a ...