To the Journal editor:
On Aug. 28, the EPA will conduct a public hearing at the request of the Michigan Department Quality on the proposed County Road 595. Both agencies are charged with preserving and protecting our natural resources for present and future generations. Continue reading
TRAVERSE CITY – A federal judge has refused to halt construction of a nickel and copper mine in northern Marquette County.
In an order signed Wednesday, Judge Robert Holmes Bell rejected a request by the private Huron Mountain Club to stop work on the mine while the club’s lawsuit works its way to trial.
The exclusive club owns about 19,000 acres of forestland in Marquette County, including an 11-mile stretch of the Salmon Trout River. In May, the club filed a suit claiming the mine would damage the river and nearby wetlands.
The mine’s name recently was changed from Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. to Rio Tinto Eagle Mine.
State regulators and company officials say the mine can be operated safely. Drilling has begun and mineral production is expected to begin in 2014.
By JOHN PEPIN – Journal Staff Writer (jpepin@miningjournal.net) , The Mining Journal
MARQUETTE – A federal judge made no decision Wednesday after a roughly three-hour hearing in Grand Rapids on whether to grant a preliminary injunction that would shut down development operations at the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. mine on the Yellow Dog Plains, until a lawsuit by the Huron Mountain Club is decided. Continue reading
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