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12/20/2011
Resolution in Support of Nonferrous Mining in St. Louis County (PDF)
The St. Louis County Board passed this resolution to support nonferrous mining on December 20, 2011
12/15/2011
Critical and Strategic Metals Mining Talking Points (PDF)
Talking points on the importance of critical and strategic metals mining in Minnesota
05/10/2011
Nonferrous Tax Background and Summary (PDF)
MiningMinnesota - Background and Summary on Nonferrous Tax
05/02/2011
Policy Position - MPCA Sulfate Wild Rice Standard (PDF)
MiningMinnesota Position on MPCA Sulfate Wild Rice Standard
04/19/2011
2011 RAN K ING O F C OUNTRI ES F OR MINING INV ESTMENT (PDF)
Behre Dolbear Group Inc. compiled a political risk assessment of countries we deem of importance to the mining industry.
03/19/2011
MDN right with editorial on Duluth area lawmakers (PDF)
Editorial from Chris Dahlberg in the Mesabi Daily News
03/01/2011
2010-2011 Fraser Institute Survey (PDF)
Fraser Institute's Annual Survey of Mining Companies
01/21/2011
Mineral Commodity Summaries 2011 (PDF)
U.S. Department of Interior U.S. Geological Survey
01/01/2011
Recommendations for Minnesota’s New Governor and Legislature (PDF)
Center of the American Experiment's Minnesota Policy Blueprint Series on natural resources recommendations
10/27/2010
Blandin Foundation Survey 2010 (PDF)
Rural Pulse™ Research Commissioned by Blandin Foundation on Issues of Critical Importance to Rural Minnesotans
10/27/2010
The Economic Contributions of U.S. Mining in 2008 (PDF)
National Mining Association Summary of the Economic Contribution of U.S. Mining
09/12/2010
The Next Leg of Growth In The Copper Supply Chain (PDF)
CIBC Report on Junior Copper Developers
04/01/2010
Survey of Mining Companies 2009/2010 (PDF)
The Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies
03/23/2010
A New Era for the Iron Range? (PDF)
Dave Beal with Twin Cities Business writes on how Ernie Lehmann's dream of mining Minnesota's nonferrous metals edges closer to reality.
12/05/2009
Lunchbox Brigade needed to attend PolyMet hearing (PDF)
Editorial from Chris Dahlberg in the Mesabi Daily News
11/24/2009
PolyMet Closes Financing - Project Update (PDF)
PolyMet News Release
10/28/2009
PolyMet Mining Inc./NorthMet Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (PDF)
The full EIS prepared by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be found here: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/input/environmentalreview/polymet/eis_toc.html
04/15/2009
The Economic Impact of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Mining on the State of Minn (PDF)
2009 Research Report on the impact of ferrous and non-ferrous mining conducted by the Labovitz School of Business and Economics, University of Minnesota - Duluth.
01/21/2009
PolyMet Fact Sheet 2009 (PDF)
Overview of PolyMet
08/13/2008
2008 Policy Fact Sheet (DNR): Potential School Trust Royalty Income from Id (PDF)
Although the future of non-ferrous metallic mineral mining in Minnesota is uncertain, the potential for generating significant royalty income for the Permanent School Trust Fund is apparent.
05/16/2008
Sources and Fate of Sulfate in NE Minnesota Watersheds (PDF)
A Minerals Coordinating Committee Progress Report
02/27/2008
NRRI Now (PDF)
The Winter 2008 edition of NRRI Now from the University of Minnesota at Duluth Natural Resources Research Institute.
02/01/2008
Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2007/2008 (PDF)
A survey of 372 exploration, development, and other mining-related companies around the world.
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