Mineral wealthy Minnesota offers more than ore

“Every single county in Minnesota has a mine.” Heather Arends, mineral potential manager for the Minnesota DNR, knows the state’s mining industry spans far beyond the edges of its massive iron ore extractions and, as she notes, into all 87 counties. Minnesota has multiple thriving operations considered “mining,”...Continue Reading

 The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grants totaling nearly $19 million for infrastructure and rehabilitation projects in 32 Minnesota cities. SCDP grants are part of the Community Development Block Grant Program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and...Continue Reading

The U.S. Census Bureau has released its most detailed statistics on the U.S. manufacturing sector in more than two years. The stats come from the newest Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM), which contains info for survey year 2018. The ASM is not collected in Economic Census years — years ending...Continue Reading