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Gogebic Taconite drops mining proposal

March 6, 2012 By Andrew Beckett

With the mining bill stalled in the Legislature, Gogebic Taconite is abandoning plans for an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin.

In a statement, Gogebic Taconite President Bill Williams says the Senate’s rejection of mining reforms on Tuesday sends a clear message that Wisconsin will not welcome iron mining. As a result, Williams says the company is ending plans to invest in a Wisconsin mine.

The company had been looking at a site in Iron and Ashland Counties for an open pit mining operation. However, Gogebic raised concerns about the approval process for the project, arguing it was too open-ended to justify the investment.

Lawmakers have been working for months to pass a bill that would address those issues, but a battle over relaxing environmental regulations has held up its passage.

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