The BLM, which first initiated public scoping of the project nine years ago, conducted a draft review looking at environmental impacts and other project considerations, including contributions to state and local economies. Greater Chapita would generate $526 million in county…
The stall tactics and fear-mongering amount to a direct attack on mining in Minnesota and the good people of the Iron Range. The federal government’s proposed withdrawal of leases for mineral exploration and development not only would have a chilling…