Updating our May 13th entry is this story/press release today from Northern Minnesota's BusinessNorth.com, headlined "Pawlenty signs Mesabi Nugget bill in Silver Bay." The lead:
SILVER BAY, Minn. (Office of Gov. Tim Pawlenty) -- Governor Tim Pawlenty came to the shores of Lake Superior today, to sign into law a bill that will facilitate the environmental permitting of a production scale iron nugget demonstration plant in Minnesota.[Update 5/21/04] Here is a story from the DuluthNewsTribune.com that begins: "Minnesota has played its hand when it comes to iron nuggets, and hopefully that effort will pay off, Gov. Tim Pawlenty told local politicians, mining industry workers and officials Thursday." Posted by Marcia Oddi at May 20, 2004 04:25 PM