Wind turbines require a lot of copper. A recent study from the International Energy Agency (IEA) found that the average onshore wind turbine requires about three metric tons of copper…
On March 31, 2020, Julie Padilla, the Chief Regulatory Officer of Twin Metals Minnesota, testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to inform the…
Did you know there is already a non-ferrous mine operating in the same watershed as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness on the Canadian side of the border? The mine,…
Anti-mining groups in Minnesota like to pretend that our state’s deposits of copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum, and palladium are globally insignificant, so they can argue that we don’t need to…
In 2020, American Experiment warned that a Biden administration would likely cancel the mineral leases for the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Yesterday, President Biden did exactly…
The Biden administration has dealt a potential blow to the Twin Metals Minnesota mine by imposing a ban on new leases in the Rainy River Watershed. The administration is also…
The Biden Administration’s selection of Tom Vilsak for Secretary of Agriculture and U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D) of New Mexico as Secretary of the Interior bode poorly for the proposed…
Twin Metals Minnesota has produced a very good webinar discussing their proposed copper-nickel mine in Northeastern Minnesota. I would encourage you to watch the entire thing if you have the…
Based on information from the Star Tribune’s election coverage, it looks like the State Senate may remain in the hands of the Republicans, while the State House of Representatives will…
The role of mining is looming large in the run-up to the Presidential election next week. This is especially true in Minnesota, which was the 4th largest mining economy in…
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…
Cobalt has become a controversial topic in the debate over copper nickel mining in Minnesota’s Duluth Complex. This metal, which is used in the lithium ion batteries in laptops, tablets,…
Yesterday, Minnesota took another step toward unearthing prosperity when Twin Metals Minnesota formally submitted its mine plan to state and federal agencies for review. According to the Twin Metals press…
Twin Metals made waves earlier this year when the company announced they would be using the dry stack tailings storing method, which is considered to be one of the safest…
Governor Walz recently announced that he wants hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles on Minnesota roads by 2030, but a world-wide shortage of nickel threatens to slam the brakes on…
Elizabeth Warren visited Minnesota last week to hold a campaign rally in her bid to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. At the rally, Warren waded into two highly controversial…