Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve

December 20th, 2011 Presented By: Julie Christiansen   Kennecott’s “Model” Mine Tests Find Significant Toxins   Flambeau Mining Co., a subsidiary of Kennecott Mineral Co., is showing high levels of toxic pollutants, 14 years after mining operations ceased. Flambeau was an open pit mine that operated from 1993-1997 and produced 181,000 tons of copper, 3.3 [...]

Orvana Minerals submitted their mining permit application on Friday, September 23.  By the following Monday, it was deemed administratively complete by Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. A permit review team has already been assembled and is currently reviewing the application. The application is available online at the following website: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/Orvana_Copperwood_Part_632_Permit_Application_files_4_web_364638_7.pdf According to Orvana Resources, the company entered [...]

Judge Paula Manderfield denied a motion of stay this Tuesday the 14th of September, which would have blocked the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. from excavating the portal to its nickel and copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains until the appeals case  is decided. The National Wildlife Federation, Huron Mountain Club, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve and Keweenaw Bay [...]

MARQUETTE, MICH. (September 1, 2011) – A coalition of groups yesterday asked a judge to halt imminent mining activity that would desecrate a sacred Native American site and jeopardize water quality for the Great Lakes and one of the region’s last spawning grounds for the coaster brook trout. The Huron Mountain Club, Keweenaw Bay Indian [...]

  The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment received a request from Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company to amend their mining permit to reflect changes in their plan to supply power to their facilities. As stated in the original permit, the company planned to use diesel generations to power the operation. Since then, KEMC changed [...]