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Saturday, May 18, 2013  The companies have announced a $4 million community fund

Monday, May 06, 2013  Rio Tinto announced Monday they've added a year to the expected life of the Eagle Mine Project in northern Marquette county

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Eleven workers from Rio Tinto have been laid off

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 13, 2013  The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) may approve air quality permit within three weeks

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  The drill bit has a 14.5' diameter, weighs about 3.5 tons and will drill about 600 feet up to the surface

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The production schedule for the Rio Tinto Eagle Mine has been delayed, according to company officials

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Clean-up and construction is 30 percent complete

Friday, February 01, 2013  Marquette city officials discuss how to handle the increase in semis from the Rio Tinto Mine in northern Marquette County

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  The Marquette County Road Commission is forming a plan to upgrade existing roads to the mine at the expense of Rio Tinto

Saturday, January 05, 2013  The Marquette County Road Commission and Congressman Dan Benishek responded to the Michigan Department of Environmental Qualitie's denial of the permit for CR 595

Friday, January 04, 2013  The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality released a statement on Thursday that provides a big setback for the proposed Marquette County Road 595

Tuesday, December 25, 2012  Upper Michigan faced some big stories in 2012. Take a look at some of the big stories through the first six months of the year

Friday, December 21, 2012  Governor Rick Snyder signed the mining severance tax policy in to law on Thursday, which focuses on mines like the Rio Tinto Eagle Mine in Marquette County

Sunday, December 16, 2012  The Marquette County Community Foundation has recently appointed the Community Environmental Monitoring Project Board to assist as a neutral third party in the monitoring of the Rio Tinto Eagle Mine's operations with the Superior Watershed Partnership