U.S. Senate Clears Way for Minnesota Copper-Nickel Mine

Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)SummaryThe U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to overturn a Biden-era moratorium on mining in a 225,500-acre watershed area in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, paving the way for a Chilean mining subsidiary to build a copper-nickel mine near the federally protected Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.A Tight VoteIn a tight 50-49 vote on Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn a 2023 moratorium on mining in Minnesota's