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At Iron Range hearing, miners warn of closures if wild rice rule enforced
- Miners warn that enforcing the wild rice rule could threaten thousands of mining jobs and harm the economy in the Iron Range region if more permits are issued and stringent upgrades are required.
- Union officials state that the costly upgrades needed to comply with the sulfate standard could lead to the closure of Minnesota's six iron ore mines and pellet plants.
- Speakers express concern that applying the sulfate standard would cause mines to idle, potentially leading to economic hardship reminiscent of the 1980s when cheap foreign steel led to mine closures and population decline in the Iron Range.
- Ricky Defoe from the Fond du Lac Reservation supports enforcing the sulfate standard for restoring wild rice and protecting health.
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At Iron Range hearing, miners warn of closures if wild rice rule enforced
VIRGINIA — Staff removed the ballroom’s divider and brought in more chairs, but there were still not enough seats for the dozens of attendees who stood throughout the two-and-a-half-hour meeting. Hundreds of miners, Iron Range residents and environmentalists gathered at the Iron Trail Motors Event Center on Wednesday evening to address the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency directly on a pair of draft water permits that, if finalized, would limi…
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