Mining giant Anglo American faces class action appeal over alleged lead poisoning in Zambia An appeal hearing has opened in South Africa on whether a subsidiary of British-based mining company Anglo American PLC was responsible for lead poisoning over decades that affected around 140,000 peo...

The new #PolyMet owner: Just like Glencore!

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Now that #PolyMet is a dead letter, there's the question of the reclamation of the former Cliffs Flotation Tailings Basin (where PolyMet was gonna throw their tailings) that PolyMet assumed in 2018. Will they now be forced to clean it up?

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Jenkins Creek fire in northern Minnesota is now approaching the moribund planned #PolyMet sulfide mine site

NorthMet Project

They just added #PolyMet to #FAST41 THIS IS WRONG, and it is #ANTIDEMOCRATIC.

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A river ‘died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that poisoned a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs o...

If the MPCA & MN DNR had had their way this could have easily been a headline about #PolyMet apnews.com/article/mini...

The PolyMet denouement is here The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has finally thrown in the procedural towel on the state's first proposed sulfide mine

YOUR SUNDAY LONG READ: The Minnesota DNR has done everything it can, legal and otherwise, to get the #PolyMet sulfide mine going. Now it's figuratively thrown in the towel. Read the story no other MN Media will tell you: threatenedwaters.com/polymet_deno...

The PolyMet denouement is here The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has finally thrown in the procedural towel on the state's first proposed sulfide mine

#PolyMet is dead - read about how the Minnesota DNR paid $2 million for preposterous legal arguments in a failed attempt to save the project

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The PolyMet denouement is here The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has finally thrown in the procedural towel on the state's first proposed sulfide mine

NEW FROM ME TODAY: Despite what you hear from captured MN media, #PolyMet is dead. But it will be back - bigger and worse. Read my report based on dozens of legal documents obtained from the MN DNR through the Data Practices Act, and shared with you now.

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The Musk/Trump presidency and sulfide mining in Minnesota - LeftMN Lots of unknowns

#PolyMet is dead, but #Tamarack is much more serious. The ore is high grade, unlike NorthMet, and the miners plan to ship raw ore to North Dakota for processing, obviating the tailings problem. left.mn/2025/01/the-...

Foreign corporations are vying to mine copper and nickel on the cheap in northeastern Minnesota The Minnesota DNR and the MPCA, charged with protecting our waters, have been helping them with permits deemed illegal by the courts

More than a month ago the Minnesota DNR basically threw in the towel on #PolyMet (I've got a huge story on that in the can if anyone wants to buy it) but @startribune.com still hasn't reported that fact!

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Foreign corporations are vying to mine copper and nickel on the cheap in northeastern Minnesota The Minnesota DNR and the MPCA, charged with protecting our waters, have been helping them with permits deemed illegal by the courts

A few weeks ago the Minnesota DNR announced it was pushing pause for a year on the #PolyMet proposed sulfide mine in NE MN. This was inevitable given the track record of the proposal in court. Read my in-depth report and see my drone photos from the area www.threatenedwaters.com/northmet.php

Minnesota DNR hits pause on NorthMet (PolyMet) copper-nickel mine permit review A decision on whether to reissue a permit to mine for the company vying to open Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mine is on hold after the company behind it said it is studying potential changes to the...

Feel like people aren't really getting the message that the Minnesota DNR killed the proposed #PolyMet sulfide mine for at least a year threatenedwaters.com/medialinks.php

BHP to face 620,000 claimants in Mariana dam collapse trial in London Claimants seeking damages from Anglo-Australian mining company over 2015 environmental disaster in Brazil

This Brazilian dam that collapsed in 2015 is THE SAME CONSTRUCTION as the proposed #PolyMet tailings basin dam.
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Billionaire former Glencore oil trader charged with corruption in West Africa Alex Beard and four other executives charged with conspiring to make corrupt payments in long-running SFO investigation

The criminal company that owns half of #PolyMet
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Now his commissioner at the Minnesota DNR is actively withholding documents on the #PolyMet case, public documents that will be used to decide the fate of the mine. The agency has issued ILLEGAL permits to Glencore that have been overturned by the courts and now Walz is trying to hide it all.

Foreign corporations are vying to mine copper and nickel on the cheap in northeastern Minnesota The Minnesota DNR and the MPCA, charged with protecting our waters, have been helping them with permits deemed illegal by the courts

Tune in at 4pm today on AM950Radio The Matt McNeil Show where I'll be talking about my blockbuster #PolyMet story, "Dead mine walking" threatenedwaters.com/northmet.php

Major Mining Milestone: Final Environmental Review Releas... Public comments will be accepted until Dec. 14 on the con...

#PolyMet mine would need "indefinite" water treatment. FYI not the same as legally-prohibited "perpetual" treatment. queticosuperior.org/blog/major-mining-milest...

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Who are we to believe on how long #PolyMet will need water treatment, PolyMet or... PolyMet? www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/292251/...

Quetico Superior Wilderness News Stay up-to-date on latest mining threats near the BWCA, Q...

Poll Shows Support for #PolyMet Amidst Many Undecided Minnesotans http://www.queticosuperior.org/blog/5969

Sawyer County Record

#PolyMet is looking at mining in northern Wisconsin, too? Fifth paragraph: www.haywardwi.com/news/local/article_d46a6...

Coulda done without the self-righteous lecturing by pro-#PolyMet folks. Have you actually gotten info from a single objective source?

Wish I could go around with a bucket collecting pro-mining folks' water. #PolyMet

I usually chuckle about "futurists" but this guy is perfect to help crowd imagine 500 years of #PolyMet pollution.

Must be dry air in here; I'm parched. Can't beat a cold drink of water. #PolyMet

This time around, someone like Rep. Tomassoni had to have a citizen forfeit his time to get 3 minutes. #PolyMet

1st time #PolyMet tried a DEIS 4 years ago, Iron Range pols were given stage as long as they wanted. Pep rally made a lot of folks mad.

Kind of gross how all pro-mining speakers randomly chosen are deferring to industry flacks. #PolyMet

Probably 2,200+ folks at #PolyMet hearing.

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My latest round-up of news coverage of the #PolyMet environmental review http://www.queticosuperior.org/blog/5911