Minnesota Senator Requests Biden Administration to Resume Copper Mining Study

April 5, 2021 13:52:30

Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota is calling for the Biden administration to resume a study that could possibly affect the proposed Twin Metals Mine. Last week, the senator sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, asking them to continue with a study on the safety of mining copper-nickel-sulfide ore in the Rainy River Watershed, which includes the site of the proposed Twin Metals Mine as well as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park (BWCAW).

The study was commenced under the Obama administration but terminated under the Trump administration. It would not affect the planned PolyMet mine or iron ore mining, which are located…

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