 The Trump administration has resurrected an effort to build a proposed twin metals copper nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Last December, the Obama administration declined to renew the long-standing leases that the company needs for an underground mine it wants to build near E. Lee. But an opinion published earlier today by a top attorney at the U.S. Interior Department concluded the Bureau of Land Management aired last year when it concluded that the BLM had the power to grant or deny the lease renewals. The reversal means that BLM and the U.S. Forest Service must reconsider the twin metals 2012 lease renewal application. Twin metals said it is still reviewing the new decision. The proposed site sits upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.