US Senate vote unlocks huge Antofagasta copper project in Minnesota

The United States Senate narrowly voted to overturn a longstanding mining ban on public lands in northern Minnesota, a move that could revive development of one of the country’s largest untapped copper-nickel deposits. Thursday's 50–49 vote rescinds a 20-year moratorium...

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