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Environment

A Bolder Vision for Safeguarding Water Quality and the Environment

– Former LTV Steel tailings basin

Eco-Conscious Mining Redefined

NewRange is committed to meeting the highest environmental standards for mining. It starts with efforts to clean up and update existing infrastructure, continues through every step of mineral development, and ends with a clear taxpayer-protective plan for closure and reclamation.

Water

Groundbreaking Water Treatment Plan

With more water monitoring in place than all Minnesota iron mines combined, we are making sure we protect precious water resources. We will invest approximately $100 million in water treatment infrastructure to address both legacy water treatment and manage water from our operation.

  • Treat our water to attain water quality levels that are 25 times lower in sulfate than drinking water.
  • More than 1,500 tons of existing sulfate will be removed from the St Louis River system annually.
  • Water treatment will meet Minnesota’s strict wild rice standard, leading the state in performance.
  • Legacy industrial site will be reused, bringing it up to modern day environmental and safety standards.
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Land
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Leaving Land Better Than We Found It

A significant part of our work will include cleaning up and modernizing a legacy mining site, helping it meet or exceed current environmental and safety standards.

  • 19,000 tons of steel will be recycled while updating the existing site.
  • Net negative carbon footprint will be pursued.
  • $75 million will be set aside to ensure proper site closure and reclamation.
Ecosystem

Advancing the Clean Energy Economy

NewRange projects provide reliable, domestic supply chain of multiple clean energy minerals that are critical to our country’s transition to more responsible energy consumption.

  • Enough copper to build 1.4 terrawatts of wind capacity.
  • Palladium to supply 38 million catalytic converters to reduce air pollution.
  • Nickel resources to help build over 20 million electric vehicles.
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NewRange’s Sustainability Goals

    Climate Change

  • Optimize energy efficiency in the project designs.
  • Evaluate options for decarbonization and efficiency that contribute to achieving net-zero Scope 2 GHG emissions by 2040.
  • Incorporate climate scenarios into project design and closure planning.

   Responsible Water Management

  • Implement source control and mine design strategies to minimize impacts to water quality and quantity.
  • Collect, recycle and reuse the water impacted by our operation for further use prior to treatment and discharge – all with the objective of meeting or exceeding applicable federal, state and tribal water quality standards in the watershed.

    Health and Safety

  • Integrate reviews into project design to eliminate fatal exposure and serious illness.
  • Implement controls utilizing a proactive risk-based process to prevent HSEC incidents.
  • Avoid work-related fatalities.
  • Prevent occupational diseases.

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