MARQUETTE – Attorneys for three federal agencies and the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. have responded to claims made by the Huron Mountain Club in a federal lawsuit, which seeks a preliminary injunction to shut down development operations at Kennecott’s Eagle Mine in northwestern Marquette County. Continue reading
To the Journal editor:
Why is the county pretending that building CR 595 would benefit the community and the region? Review the 595 application. It does not take a keen scientific mind to see that this project would be extremely destructive and is completely unnecessary for our economic or any other kind of well-being. Recent comments from both the Army Corps and Fish and Wildlife confirm this.
Guest op-ed
June 3, 2012
The time has come to seek the best available, and least disputable, science with regards to air quality monitoring for the Eagle Mine in northern Marquette County and any other hard rock (sulfide) mines that follow. Continue reading
To the Journal editor:
John Pepin’s article “Club files legal challenge against Eagle Mine project” talks about the first challenge in Federal Court brought against Rio Tinto’s Eagle mine. Continue reading
A miner operating a drilling machine about 180 feet below ground at the Kennecott Eagle mine near Marquette, Mich. Kennecott is a Rio Tinto subsidiary. More Photos »
IRONWOOD, Mich. — On the far northern reaches of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, James Jacques drove on a rutted logging road to an old mining shaft surrounded by a chain-link fence. Continue reading
By Michele Bourdieu
MARQUETTE — Two Big Bay, Mich., residents concerned about air pollution from Rio Tinto-Kennecott’s Eagle Mine went all the way to London — to Rio Tinto’s April 19, 2012, Annual General Meeting (AGM) with shareholders — to request an independent, third-party air quality monitoring program for the mine.
by Jim Malewitz, Staff Writer
A new nickel and copper mine being built at Marquette, Michigan, on the Upper Peninsula, will be a major addition to the state’s mineral extraction industry. (AP)
MARQUETTE, Michigan – It’s a long drive from Marquette to Lansing: more than 400 miles in all, including a five-mile trip across the Straits of Mackinac, divider of Michigan’s peninsulas. So it’s easy to see why local officials here might not feel connected to lawmakers in the state capital. Continue reading
To the Journal editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who helped Cynthia Pryor and I get to London. Whether you helped us out financially or by showing your support in other ways, it was deeply appreciated. It was an honor and privilege to be asked to take our message and concerns to the board and shareholders of Rio Tinto. Continue reading
MARQUETTE – A federal court judge set an expedited hearing date Monday to decide whether work should be shut down at the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. mine in Michigamme Township while a new lawsuit by the Huron Mountain Club against the mining company and several governmental agencies is decided.
In the same week that the Huron Mountain Club has made headway in opposing the ever-controversial Kennecott Eagle Mine, the DEQ has gone ahead and unleashed another sulfide mine on the Upper Peninsula, giving mining companies the right-of-way instead of considering the voices of the citizens who live there. Continue reading