DULUTH — President Donald Trump is giving Minnesota’s taconite iron ore mines two more years to comply with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency mandate to reduce their mercury emissions — a rule ...

Taconite plants on Minnesota’s Iron Range will now get two extra years to comply with a rule that would have forced them to cut how much mercury they release into the air. A proclamation signed by ...

The rule would require the six taconite processing plants located in northeastern Minnesota to cut their emissions by 57% by the end of 2026 The Northshore Mining plant in Silver Bay, Minnesota, is ...

The Iron Range’s taconite plants say they can’t meet the state's mercury reduction requirement because it’s too expensive and/or not technically possible, putting the state at risk of missing its 2025 ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new air pollution regulations for Minnesota's taconite industry that go beyond what state regulators had called for. The new federal ...

VIRGINIA, Minn. (AP)-- It was a good year for taconite mining on northern Minnesota's Iron Range. Production levels in 2010 were just below those during the peak year of 2008 and more than double ...

ST. PAUL -- Parts of Minnesota's system of collecting taconite taxes and distributing that revenue need more clarity, transparency and oversight, according to a report released Thursday by the state ...

Parts of Minnesota’s system of collecting taconite taxes and distributing that revenue need more clarity, transparency and oversight, according to a report released Thursday by the state legislative ...