A Michigan lawmaker requested $50 million in state funding to prepare infrastructure to lure economic development, including ...

LANSING, MI — Michigan regulators are requesting public comment on an air pollution permit application for a proposed copper mine in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great ...

MARQUETTE COUNTY, MI — A mineral exploration company says it has found a small high-grade copper and nickel ore deposit in the Upper Peninsula Talon Metals, which is jointly developing the Tamarack ...

A township board in northern Michigan has begun the process of eliminating zoning rules. That would allow a township trustee to build a lucrative gravel mine on his property.

ST. PAUL, Minn. | Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has planned trips to mines in South Dakota and Michigan as his administration prepares for a major decision on whether to advance copper and nickel mining ...

Prehistoric copper mines -- Early reports -- Samuel O. Knapp and the Minesota mine -- Who wrote the Knapp report? -- What discoverers saw in the nineteenth century -- Who were the prehistoric miners? ...

Lansing — The Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee approved $247.7 million in spending Wednesday in support of three economic development projects, including the construction of advanced computing ...

Industrialization in the mostly rural northern part of the state has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s ...

Last week, the Trump administration listed the proposed NorthMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota among federal mineral priorities. To some, this is evidence that this mine will open soon.