Last week, the regional electric grid operator, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO) declared an emergency, warning that the hot weather, unexpected power plant outages, and high demand was resulting…
Earlier this week, Minnesota Power announced the utility would be “coal-free” by 2035 by shutting down Unit 3 of the Boswell Energy Center in 2030 and converting Unit 4 to…
There is an interesting paradox among liberal environmentalists. On the one hand, they want a Minnesota Green New Deal where all the electricity in the state is provided by a…
According to the Walz administration, the mining industry is essential, the tourism industry is not. The people of Northeastern Minnesota support expanded mining in their region, and one would assume…
Many people in the Twin Cities are vaguely aware of the fact that Minnesota mines iron ore, but few understand the scale or importance of mining to the communities who…
The following article was written by me, and it originally appeared in the Duluth News Tribune. Xcel Energy recently made headlines by announcing it wished to close down its coal-fired…
Lori Sturdevant wrote an editorial in the Star Tribune last weekend about how Republican lawmakers should embrace "clean energy" or face certain disaster at the polls in the 2020 elections.…
Today marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of…
According to the United States Geological Survey, Minnesota mined $4.05 billion in non-fuel minerals in 2018, making it the fifth-largest state for mining, in terms of the value of minerals…
The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) recently wrote an editorial in the Minneapolis Star Tribune arguing Minnesota’s titanium, copper, nickel and platinum deposits are low-grade and economically risky to…
Sometimes Governor Mark Dayton does the right thing, like he did when he reinstated the mineral rights for the former Essar Steel taconite mine.
Minnesota needs a change in energy policy, and fast. Otherwise, large electricity consumers like iron mines will suffer the consequences.
The Iron Range of Minnesota is set to benefit from emerging trends in the way steel mills in China purchase iron ore.