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Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Plans to solve Marquette County's mining truck routes from Rio Tinto Eagle Mine to the Humboldt Processing Mills are still being looked at

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  The next several years will be a time of transition on the Marquette Iron Range

Saturday, October 13, 2012  The typical tour shows the Empire and Tilden mines at work, but this tour also had another focus: the process of reclamation

Thursday, October 11, 2012  Cliffs Natural Resources and the United Steelworkers union have reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday

Thursday, September 13, 2012  Officials from Rio Tinto and the Superior Watershed Partnership say that the Upper Peninsula is setting a new benchmark for community oversight of mining

Friday, September 07, 2012  Cliffs Natural Resources and the United Steelworkers Union plan to continue talks next month

Friday, August 31, 2012  Cliffs Natural Resources and United Steelworkers are extending the current contract, while continuing negotiations

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Cliffs Natural Resources announces a return to production ahead of schedule

Monday, June 11, 2012  It's the first time since last year that folks got an opportunity to see what's new at Rio Tinto's Eagle Mine

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  The Marquette County Road Commission heard an update on controversial CR 595

Saturday, May 19, 2012  Governor Rick Snyder's administration is proposing a new severance tax

Wednesday, March 14, 2012  Members of the Marquette County Board of Commissioners to discuss possible changes to the way U.P. mines are taxed

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  The company raked in $6.8 billion in revenue, but here in the Upper Peninsula, there were some setbacks

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  Four groups are appealing a judge's decision which gave the green light to Kennecott to build and operate the copper and nickel mine

Tuesday, September 27, 2011  There are more than 200 abandoned mine shafts buried in Houghton and Keweenaw counties