MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has rejected two Democrats recommended for a new committee on Wisconsin mining regulations. Fitzgerald, a Juneau Republican, said Tuesday he is naming Democratic Sens. Bob Jauch of Poplar and Jim Holperin ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans in the state Senate have put together a committee that will consider changes to Wisconsin’s mining regulations. Sen. Neal Kedzie of Elkhorn will chair the mining panel. The other Republican members will include Sen. Dale ...

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RED WING, Minn. (AP) — An official with an oil exploration company that wanted to mine a special kind of sand in southeastern Minnesota expressed disappointment Wednesday about a vote by a county board for a one-year moratorium while it ...

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mining equipment maker Joy Global Inc. said Friday that it bought an additional 10.5 percent stake in China’s International Mining Machinery Holdings Ltd., bringing its share ownership to more than half. Joy Global said it bought 136.5 ...

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HURLEY, Wis. (AP) — Gogebic Taconite says its plan to mine iron ore in northern Wisconsin is on hold until state laws on mining are updated. Draft legislation on mining was written with input from Gogebic this spring, but state ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators are using their new majorities to rush through aggressive reversals of environmental safeguards their predecessors championed as a continuation of the state’s outdoors heritage. ...

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Joy Global Inc. will pay Rowan Cos. $1.1 billion in cash for mining and oil and gas drilling equipment maker LeTourneau, the companies said Monday. Joy, which posted $3.5 billion in revenue last fiscal year, will look ...

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RED WING, Minn. (AP) — Under the forested bluffs of southeastern Minnesota lies an increasingly sought-after resource prized by the energy industry that’s attracting interest to the state from an increasing number of companies, which isn’t sitting well with some ...

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By JASON SMATHERS Associated Press Madison — A Chippewa tribal leader warned state lawmakers Tuesday about the dangers posed to the environment by a proposed mine in northern Wisconsin. Mike Wiggins Jr., the chairman of the Bad River Band of ...

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WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A Canadian mining company hopes to strike it rich in Marathon County of central Wisconsin. The Wausau Daily Herald reported Sunday an ancient gold deposit in the town of Easton might hold as much as $168 ...

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