Mining fun with numbers! – A reprise

August 31, 2021

Do you want to hear about the Doug Fund?

How do you drown-proof a mine? Part 2, a reprise

September 21, 2019

It’s still the question on everyone’s lips

How do you drown-proof a mine? A reprise

September 21, 2019

It’s the question on everyone’s lips

“Nobody wants to talk about the good things it does”

March 22, 2016

Good things like this, eh, Ruk?

“It’s a giant money suckhole”

March 19, 2016

Probing the IRRRB

How do you drown-proof a mine? Part 2

October 30, 2015

It’s still the question on everyone’s lips

How do you drown-proof a mine?

October 28, 2015

It’s the question on everyone’s lips

Lee Schafer: PolyMet tout

October 21, 2015

Please see the updates below — It has been an especially glum time for the mining industry in recent months. Taconite (spellchecker offers masonite) plants are shuttered across northern Minnesota, and to add insult to injury, a new one, Essar Steel “Minnesota” is set to commence operations next year, financed in part with some $72 million in […]

Aaron Brown is at the end of his rope

June 20, 2015

Aaron Brown, the Range Raconteur, has been required reading for anybody who is interested in an insider’s view of the Iron Range, one that differs from the fried tripe you get from, say, Bill Hanna. Reading Aaron’s reactions to the increasingly grisly political news emanating from the Iron Range has been especially interesting. His discomfort […]

Governance in the Dismal Swamp

June 17, 2015

In recent months, controversy has swirled around the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (the “IRRRB”) and the people who populate and control it: Iron Range legislators. There was another story by investigative reporter Jennifer Bjorhus in the Star Tribune on Sunday, June 14th – another eyebrow raiser – involving IRRRB loans to a Mountain […]

The Separation of Powers

June 10, 2015

Is on everyone’s lips

LeftMN Radio Hour 2-9-15

February 10, 2015

With guest MIchael Brodkorb