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Nearly 20 years after it was first proposed to state and federal regulators, the project formerly known as PolyMet Mining — now NewRange Copper Nickel — soldiers on, despite environmental groups’ contention that the project in its current form is dead.

Twenty years after first proposed, NewRange still vying to build Minnesota’s first copper mine

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Twenty years after first proposed, NewRange still vying to build Minnesota’s first copper mine

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