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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Steve Karnowski

Trump administration moves to lift Biden-era mining restrictions near Boundary Waters in Minnesota

Copper Mining-Boundary Waters - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

President Donald Trump's administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration imposed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota.

The decision, announced Wednesday by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, threw a lifeline to the proposed Twin Metals Minnesota mine near Ely.

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