The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has opened the regulatory door for a proposed iron ore mine in Iron and Ashland counties by approving a permit for preliminary drilling in the Penokee ...

NORTH FREEDOM (WKOW) — More than 100 years after it was flooded and abandoned, North Freedom's "Freedom Mine" has been rediscovered by Wisconsin researchers, who are now trying to model the mine and ...

An affiliate of a privately held coal mining company is proposing to spend more than $1 billion to develop an iron ore mine on an ancient mountain range in northern Wisconsin. 22,000 acres covering 22 ...

A company looking to dig a huge iron mine just south of Lake Superior says it may not resort to blasting to obtain samples. Gogebic Taconite wants to dig a 4½-mile long open pit mine in the Penokee ...

One issue not getting much discussion during a hearing this week on relaxing Wisconsin’s mining laws might prove the most significant: falling prices for iron ore. A series of reports in the financial ...

Electrification and tariffs mean rural Midwest communities can cash in on their mineral resources. But how can these ventures ...

The company that promised a huge mine in northern Wisconsin announced Friday that it was dropping the controversial project because it is not feasible. “We don’t want to throw out false hope,” Gogebic ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A group of northern Wisconsin residents has filed a lawsuit alleging a company looking to dig a huge iron mine near Lake Superior needed a permit before it launched exploratory ...

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin's Republican-controlled state Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would clear the way for a possible $1.5 billion iron ore mine in the far northwest corner of the ...

Filmmaker and community advocate Devon Young Cupery spoke to WUWM June xx in Ashland where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was holding a public hearing about Enbridge's proposed Line 5 reroute. Last ...