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Republicans have been working for nearly two years to help Gogebic Taconite open a massive open-pit iron mine in the Penokee Hills just south of Lake Superior. The company has pledged the project...
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The material sought is a very dirty and low-grade kind of iron called 'taconite', but the experience of the company that created GTac for the purpose is in coal mining. Which is different. Bill Heart, of the Penokee Hills Education Project and the Wisconsin representative of the national organization Trout Unlimited; Tracy Hames, executive ...
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However, the Wisconsin Geological Survey says grunerite is a widespread mineral in the Penokee iron formation and lists several outcrops within the proposed mine site. According to the National Academy of Sciences, grunerite asbestos is one of the most toxic forms of asbestos and causes lung cancer, mesothelioma and pulmonary fibrosis.
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Laws do not prohibit iron ore mining in Wisconsin there fore the DNR, the Corps of Engineers and EPA will have the primary authority in issuing permits IF they believe that the project complies with the standards. ... I am am concerned about the proposed mining project for the Penokee Hills region. As you know this is not the first time ...
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GTac has plans to build the largest open-pit mine in the world in the Penokee Hills, near the headwaters of the Bad River watershed that drains into Lake Superior. It would span 22 miles and reach depths of nearly 1,000 feet.
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Gogebic Taconite wants to dig an iron mine in the Penokee Hills in northern Wisconsin. The company has closed its office Hurley, putting the project on hold.
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1.2 Contentious Natural Resource Development Case Study: The Penokee Mine Proposal A major motivating factor for this research is a proposal to develop an open-pit iron ore mine within the Bad River Watershed, a 1,061-square-mile rural area of northern Wis-consin containing a mix of agricultural, forestry, and ecological land uses (Figure 1.1). The
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Iron ore was discovered on the Marquette Range in 1844, and mining started in 1848. Mining increased after the opening of the ship canal at Sault Ste. Marie provided cheap water transportation between the iron mines to the lower Great Lakes. The Lake Superior iron deposits were the largest ever discovered in the United States, and by the late 1800s, dominated American iron mining.
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In 2013, Republicans who control state government enacted a law loosening regulation of iron mining, saying the changes would allow Gogebic Taconite to create badly needed jobs. Opponents say the $1.5 billion project could ruin the stream-studded Penokee Hills and downstream areas nearer to Lake Superior .
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Gogebic Taconite, LLC, was considering development along a four-mile stretch east of the community of Mellen. However, the DNR received a preapplication withdrawal letter from Gogebic Taconite, LLC, on March 24, 2015 [PDF] for the ferrous mining project located in Iron and Ashland County.
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Penokee Hills Education Project, Science proves mining proponents are making a false claim. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) should be paying Isthmus contributor Larry Kaufmann for his able...
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Gov. Scott Walker has to sign it before it becomes law. Gogebic Taconite wants to build a 4½-mile long open-pit mine in the Penokee Hills on the Ashland-Iron County line just south of Lake...
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Koehn, of Ashland, said the Penokee group marshalled public support to help oppose the Gogebic Taconite project that was ultimately scuttled by investors in early 2015 as the demand and price for ...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The company looking to open an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin announced Friday it was closing its office in Hurley, a move that marks the end for now of the project ...
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The Minister for Energy and Mining published the mining proposal and sought written submissions from members of the public in relation to the application. No public submissions were received during the four-week public consultation period, which concluded on 20 May 2021. The Department for Energy and Mining requested Central Iron provide a ...
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Defeating the Iron Mines in Wisconsin. Two years after Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed a controversial Iron Mining Law designed to speed up permitting for a giant open pit iron mine in the Penokee Hills above Lake Superior, Gogebic Taconite (GTac), president Bill Williams pulled the plug on the mine because the project was not feasible.
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The Penokee Hills region is home to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, who fear the mine will threaten their livelihood and destroy the natural landscape. According to a January report issued by the Department of Natural Resources, iron ore mining could damage the region's wetlands, surface- and groundwater. Potential
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The project will remove 4,000 tons of rock from four or five sites in the Penokee Range, according to another DNR report. The first stage alone will be four-and-a-half miles long by one-and-a-half miles wide, a report from the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission found.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The company looking to open an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin announced Friday it was closing its office in Hurley, saying future investment was "unfeasible at this time,"...
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Published July 24, 2014 at 11:59 AM CDT, Natalie Jablonski, /, WXPR News, A film about a proposed mine in the Penokee Range is screening around the state and in northern Wisconsin. Milwaukee-based 371 Productions produced the film for Al Jazeera America's investigative series Fault Lines.
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Gogebic wants to build a $1.5 billion open pit iron mine in the Penokee Range in Iron and Ashland counties, and has begun what is expected to be a long permitting process with the state Department ...
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Public concern over the impact on the water and environment of a proposed 4.5 mile wide open-pit iron ore mine is creating a whole new tribe and new way to protest. The fictitious, allegorical Penokee Tribe effectively includes all human beings since everyone needs water to survive.
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17 years. Roy Hill iron ore project is an open-pit mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and is the largest single ore mine in the country. The mine is owned and developed by Roy Hill Holdings, which is jointly owned by Hancock (70%), Marubeni (15%), POSCO (12.5%), and China Steel Corporation (2.5%).
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Ron Seely/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. THE PENOKEE RANGE - The fight over the fate of a massive iron ore mine has moved this summer from the state Capitol in Madison to the forests of northwestern Wisconsin and the green, undulating ridges along which Gogebic Taconite wants to dig its 4½-mile-long pit.
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The Dominga iron-copper property is situated in the El Tofo mining district, approximately 16km northeast of La Higuera, in the north-central Coquimbo region, Chile. The marine terminal for the mining project will be constructed at Totoralillo Norte. The Dominga iron and copper deposits were discovered in 2006.
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In late 2011, Bill Williams stood on a ridge in the Penokee Hills, overlooking his company's proposed site for a $1.5 billion iron ore mine. A reporter asked him about the environmental ...
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LAMP (715) 779-3650 [email protected] 37295 Community Rd. Bayfield, WI 54814 The Lake Superior Lakewide Action and Management Plans (LAMP) Program is made possible by Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funds received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
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Gogebic Taconite said it would leave after the Wisconsin Legislature failed to pass an iron mining bill in 2012, but the project resurged in 2013 when new legislation shortened the mining permit ...
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GTac has proposed a 22-mile open-pit taconite mine in Wisconsin's Penokee Hills, headwaters of the Bad River which flows into Lake Superior at the Kakagon Sloughs, also known as Wisconsin's Everglades. The U.S. Geological Survey names the Penokee region as one of the largest undeveloped taconite resources in the country, and if permitted ...
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Paulette Moore PRO. Eastern Mennonite University documentary students' spring 2014 project "To Wisconsin with Love" about Wisconsin Penokee Hills Ojibwe/ally mine resistance and envisioning and West Virginia water contamination. UPDATE: The mining company pulled out of the Penokee Hills in late February 2015! Here is an article about it: news ...
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Location. 46° 24.469′ N, 90° 17.586′ W. Marker is near Pence, Wisconsin, in Iron County. Marker can be reached from Plummer Road, ¼ mile south of Wisconsin Highway 77. Marker is located in Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Montreal WI 54550, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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Iron mining is energy and transportation intensive. Estimates by Gogebic Taconite indicate that the mine in the Penokee Range would require at least 145 megawatts of electrical power, which is double the generating capacity of the power plant in Ashland. Either new plants would need to be built in the Penokees or high tension lines built to supply
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With lease rights covering over 21,000 acres, the project would be the largest open pit iron-ore mine in the world, and requires legislative action in the Wisconsin State Legislature to advance. [7] Hurley, Wi has a long history of mining in the area. Mining began somewhere around 1880 [8] when the first iron was discovered.
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An affiliate of a privately held coal mining company is proposing to spend more than $1 billion to develop a large open-pit iron ore mine on an ancient mountain range in far northern Wisconsin.
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Jan 26, 2015- Following her sentencing last week on felony theft and misdemeanor damages to property convictions, environmental extremist Katie "Krow" Kloth has apparently written a bitter screed against the...
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The Penokee mining land has the potential to impact a large portion of the headwaters of the Bad River watershed. Fifty-six miles of perennial, and 15 miles of intermittent waterways flow through the mining land. Due to their high elevation and close proximity to Lake Superior, the Penokees average over 200 inches of snow a year.
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Given the make-up of the legislature and the lack of opposition to the mine from elected Democrats, it appears the project will likely go forward. So instead of talking about Mining the Divide, let's talk about Dividing the Mine. Gogebic Taconite estimates that there is more than 200 billion dollars worth of iron ore in the Penokee Range ...
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The water-rich Penokee Hills of northern Wisconsin are two parallel ridges that rise 1,200 feet above nearby Lake Superior in a stunningly scenic region.
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In the past decade, open-pit iron mining has been proposed for the Penokee Hills. "The most recent mining proposal has been abandoned, but there is a very large ore deposit here and will undoubtedly be of interest for mining in the future, "said Matt Hudson, water scientist with the Burke Center.
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