mining

A $50 million grant for a copper mine in the Upper Peninsula was approved by the state House Appropriations Committee.

Saturday, there’s a ceremonial water walk to highlight the need to protect the well-being of Lake Superior.

The Oneida County Board is clarifying who is responsible for handling unsolicited inquiries regarding mining on county owned land.It comes as some mining companies reached out to some supervisors regarding the Lynne Deposit in western Oneida County.

The Michigan Strategic Fund approved a resolution to provide a copper mine in the western Upper Peninsula with $50 million to go towards infrastructure needs.

For decades, the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.P. was home to more than 100 copper mines.One of the byproducts of that is stamp sands, the practice of crushing rock and extracting heavy metals.Remnants of it are still found throughout the peninsula.

For decades, the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.P. was home to more than 100 copper mines.One of the byproducts of that is stamp sands, the practice of crushing rock and extracting heavy metals.Remnants of it are still found throughout the peninsula.

A mining company has gotten conditional approval to begin exploratory drilling for copper and gold in northern Wisconsin, but state regulators say it must still meet additional requirements before the work can begin.

Green Light Metals keeps working with the Wisconsin DNR on plans to do exploratory drilling at a possible mineral deposit Marathon County.

Green Light Metals submitted an exploratory drilling application to the county on Thursday.