MPR News PM Update

Oct. 20, 2021

The Biden administration announced Wednesday it will restart a process that could lead to a 20-year ban on new mining activity over a large swath of federal land in Minnesota. That could deal a major blow to a proposed copper-nickel mine.

The U.S. Forest Service filed an application for what’s known as a mineral withdrawal. If it's approved, it would ban new mining activity on roughly 350 square miles of public lands in the watershed of the BWCA.

The process begins with a study of the impacts of copper-nickel mining in the area, which includes a two-year freeze on mining activity while the review is taking place. After that study is complete, the Department of the Interior would then decide whether to order the 20-year withdrawal.

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