Mining

Update, November 3:Although Democrats rallied against the bill designed to lift the nearly-20 year restrictions on sulfide mining, the…

A Senate committee is considering a bill designed to end Wisconsin's so-called mining moratorium. For the last two decades companies hoping to start a…

Komatsu announced Thursday that it is purchasing mining equipment maker Joy Global of Milwaukee in a deal worth about $3.7 billion.The Japan-based Komatsu…

We know that Milwaukee’s manufacturing industry has changed greatly since the days when much of the big things in America were assembled here. The…

The subject of mining is back before the public in Wisconsin. Hundreds of people across the state are expected to testify Monday night at the annual…

The state will now reopen the land around the proposed site, to the public. Gov. Walker had signed a bill restricting access to certain acres.Last month,…

The company had wanted to mine iron ore in the Penokee Hills region, but the office closing seems to cast doubt on the plans.G-tac says it will shut down…

The Florida company interested in mining iron ore just south of Lake Superior says field work at the site has stopped, at least for now.GTac spokesman Bob…

Miriam PixtunMonroy lives an hour from Guatemala's capitol and is fighting a gold mining operation she say threatens her indigenous Maya Kaqchikel…

Six Chippewa tribes hope the EPA agrees and either restricts or halts a mining company from extracting iron ore from the Penokee Hills.The tribes insist…