Total cargo throughput at the Port of Duluth-Superior declined by 6.8% in the 2024 navigation season, totaling 26.8 million metric tonnes, down from 28.8 million tonnes in 2023. The decline […]

Total cargo throughput at the Port of Duluth-Superior declined by 6.8% in the 2024 navigation season, totaling 26.8 million metric tonnes, down from 28.8 million tonnes in 2023. The decline […]

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By Joe Lorenz

Electrification and tariffs mean rural Midwest communities can cash in on their mineral resources. But how can these ventures balance local benefit to the ecological cost?

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By Joe Lorenz

Electrification and tariffs mean rural Midwest communities can cash in on their mineral resources. But how can these ventures balance local benefit to the ecological cost?

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By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

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By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva

The U.S. Geological Survey has began large-scale low-level airplane flights over Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition. The data will be used to create two- and three-dimensional maps to better understand the geological structure at depths of about 10,000 feet.

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In a new lawsuit, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa alleges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated federal environmental laws when it granted a permit to Enbridge […]
In a new lawsuit, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa alleges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated federal environmental laws when it granted a permit to Enbridge […]
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The largest island on Earth possesses some of the richest stores of natural resources in the world
The largest island on Earth possesses some of the richest stores of natural resources in the world
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According to officials with the Lake Carriers Association, the year-end total for the iron ore trade decreased by 12.8 percent to 43.4 million tons. Read the full story by KQDS-TV […]
According to officials with the Lake Carriers Association, the year-end total for the iron ore trade decreased by 12.8 percent to 43.4 million tons. Read the full story by KQDS-TV […]
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In Minnesota, Duluth’s Twin Ports are facing economic challenges after a tough shipping season marked by sharply lower iron ore shipments and the announced closures of major grain and coal […]
In Minnesota, Duluth’s Twin Ports are facing economic challenges after a tough shipping season marked by sharply lower iron ore shipments and the announced closures of major grain and coal […]
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The Atlantic Huron, an iron lady of the St. Lawrence Seaway and a familiar site along the waterway, has completed her final voyage to close out more than 40 years […]
The Atlantic Huron, an iron lady of the St. Lawrence Seaway and a familiar site along the waterway, has completed her final voyage to close out more than 40 years […]
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The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has filed a petition with Wisconsin’s Iron County Circuit Court to review a decision allowing Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute project to move […]
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has filed a petition with Wisconsin’s Iron County Circuit Court to review a decision allowing Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute project to move […]
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As goes Iron Range iron ore pellet production, so goes the iron ore docks in Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin. Iron ore tonnage shipped from the Port of Duluth-Superior fell […]
As goes Iron Range iron ore pellet production, so goes the iron ore docks in Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin. Iron ore tonnage shipped from the Port of Duluth-Superior fell […]
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