Metals

GM, Stellantis amongst group investing $33M in Minnesota company that makes magnets without rare earth metals

DETROIT (AP) — The enterprise capital arms of General Motors and Stellantis are amongst investors sinking $33 million right into a Minnesota company with technology to make magnets for electric vehicle motors without using expensive rare-earth metals. Niron Magnetics of...

U.S. District Court Judge dismisses Twin Metals Minnesota lawsuit

Twin Metals’ operational headquarters in Ely. Courtesy of Twin Metals Minnesota Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Dan Kraker at MPR News reports U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper has dismissed a lawsuit that Twin Metals Minnesota filed last...

What you have to know in regards to the Talon Metals plan to mine metals for EVs in Minnesota

Tamarack mine project 3D rendering Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Talon Metals on Wednesday submitted its plan for an underground nickel and copper mine in Aitkin County to Minnesota regulators, launching the environmental review of a project that would develop into...

The Northern Metals shredder is gone, but environmental dangers remain 

Business Container Corp. allows people to dump contained in the constructing, then takes out recyclable materials and landfills the remaining. MinnPost photo by Ava Kian North Minneapolis has a protracted history of air pollution that affects the health and well-being of...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...