Private company
Gogebic Taconite
American iron-ore mining company
Gogebic Taconite is an iron-ore mining company in development stage, based in Florida, with a presence in Hurley, Wisconsin. The company, owned by the larger mining organizations, Cline Resource and Development Group, is at the center of a dispute among politicians, community groups, environmental organizations, Native American tribal councils and various stakeholders because of a proposed mining project scheduled for operation in Iron and Ashland counties in northern Wisconsin.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrymining1
- HeadquartersFlorida1
- Websitewww.gogebictaconite.com
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Gogebic Taconite is an iron-ore mining company in development stage, based in Florida, with a presence in Hurley, Wisconsin. The company, owned by the larger mining organizations, Cline Resource and Development Group, is at the center of a dispute among politicians, community groups, environmental organizations, Native American tribal councils and various stakeholders because of a proposed mining project scheduled for operation in Iron and Ashland counties in northern Wisconsin.2
Controversies and legal
Controversy
Proponents of the project say that the first mining phase will last 35 years and create 700 direct mining jobs. Opponents question the jobs claim, say that the mine will harm the environment and pollute local water sources, including sloughs where Bad River tribal members hold traditional rice harvests. More recent controversy has focused on the present state of the Bad River that runs within the reservation. In particular, opponents have noted that the presence of iron sulphide in the overburden could cause acid mine drainage. Legislators, including Republican Governor Scott Walker, have voiced their support for the mine, while state Democrats, environmental groups like the Sierra Club, all 11 sovereign Tribal Nations in Wisconsin, including the local Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, most of the cities in the area of the proposed mine (including La Pointe, Ashland, Bayfield and Washburn), are in opposition even though these cities are not located in the mining zone. However, these towns are within the Lake Superior watershed area and will be affected by the water and air pollution created by the mine. Hurley, which is historically and culturally a mining town and Mellen, Wisconsin were open to the proposal, and would have been the closest towns to the mining zone.
In July 2013, the mine site owners hired armed security to guarantee the safety of the work site and employees after protesters attacked a local woman hired to watch the companies equipment.
The Security company hired is "BulletProof" from Arizona, who patrol armed and in BDU's. The company then came to an agreement with local law enforcement and continued to use local residents to monitor property.
On March 24, 2015 Gogebic Taconite withdrew the preapplication notice related to the proposed mine. The site was closed during the application period to the public. Since the withdrawal of the application it is now back open to the public for hunting, fishing, hiking, sight-seeing and cross-country skiing.
From Wikipedia’s article on Gogebic Taconite, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Links
- Websitewww.gogebictaconite.com1
- WikipediaGogebic Taconite
- WikidataQ5577342
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