It's often accepted that the U.P.'s days of major iron ore mining have passed, but there are still mines running here, and successful companies being built on mining. There may be yet more to be said on the subject of iron ore mining with plans for test drilling along the U.P. border with Wisconsin by Gogebic Taconite, LLC.
Excerpt: One of the largest private investments in Wisconsin history -- and the largest new taconite iron ore plant in the U.S. in more than 40 years -- would transform the region's economy.
That's the finding of a newly released economic impact study funded by Gogebic Taconite LLC on its proposed $1.5 billion taconite mine and processing plant proposed for a remote area along the border of Ashland and Iron counties.
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Source: The Duluth News Tribune
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