Kennecott

Court allows nickel and copper mine in the UP to go forward

The Associated Press

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by state environmental regulators to allow construction of a nickel and copper…

Drilling began at the Eagle Mine this past September. This aerial photo was taken in September of 2011. The mine is 25 miles northwest of Marquette, Michigan.

Environment & Climate Change

Mining resurgence in Michigan's UP gains some national attention

Michigan Radio Newsroom

The boom and bust nature of the mining industry is nothing new to residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. And while recent decades have seen the region's…

Drilling began at the Eagle Mine this past September. This aerial photo was taken in September of 2011.

Environment & Climate Change

Kennecott mine opponents to appeal judge's go-ahead ruling

Michigan Radio Newsroom

Four groups are planning to appeal a recent court ruling that cleared the way for Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. to go ahead with mining operations in the…

Environment & Climate Change

Mining in the UP, what does the state get in return?

Mark Brush

Drilling continues in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for potentially valuable ore deposits after a judge turned down a request from environmental groups to…

The Eagle Mine (aerial photo from October 2010).

Environment & Climate Change

Upper Peninsula nickel-copper mine moves ahead

Rebecca Williams

For ten years, Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company has been pushing to mine nickel and copper near Marquette. The company started underground blasting of the…