Opponents file new challenge to proposed Twin Metals mine
Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS — Opponents of a proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota sued Wednesday to challenge the federal government’s renewal of Twin Metals’ mineral rights leases, saying the government didn’t conduct a full-scale environmental review of the project near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. “Nothing about the Twin Metals lease renewal process has been normal, and the environmental review of the lease renewal is no exception,” Tom Landwehr, executive director of the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters, said in a separate statement. When Twin Metals, which is owned by the Chilean mining giant Antofagasta PLC, submitted its formal mine plan to federal and state regulators in December, the company said its mine design would prevent any acid drainage. Twin Metals said in a statement Wednesday that its formal plan would undergo a “thorough environmental review by federal, tribal and state governments” with multiple opportunities for public participation.
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