Updating Prosperity

How mining can boost Minnesota’s economy

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Northern Minnesota is home to a massive rock formation called the Duluth Complex, which contains some of the largest undeveloped deposits of copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum group elements, and ilmenite (the most important ore for titanium) in the world.

If you are interested in learning how these metals and minerals benefit you every day, and the environmental protections that are in place to minimize the impact of mining on the environment, we encourage you to read American Experiment’s first paper on this topic, “Unearthing Prosperity: How Environmentally Responsible Mining Will Boost Minnesota’s Economy.”

Section I of the “Updating Prosperity” paper discusses the updated economic outlook for cop- per, nickel, cobalt, and titanium mining in Minnesota. Section II compares the economic impacts of the mining and tourism industries. Section III explains why mining is so important to the cultur- al fabric of communities in northern Minnesota. Section IV explains the threats faced by the mining industry in Minnesota. Section V offers concluding thoughts.

A full copy of the report can be viewed here.