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Miners have clawed iron ore out of northern Minnesota for more than a century. The Iron Range, as it's known, is pockmarked with deep abandoned pits carved out of the red earth. Six mines still ...

The Mesabi Iron Range’s history as a mining district begins well before ore was unearthed. More than two billion years ago, an era of mountain building known as the Algoman orogeny occurred.

The CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs says an iron ore mine in northern Minnesota will close in a few years if it doesn’t get mineral rights from a nearby project that hasn't been completed. Hibbing ...

Finding Minnesota: Chisholm's Minnesota Museum of Mining 03:11. CHISHOLM, Minn.-- On the Iron Range there's a place where iron ore meets America's pastime.

HIBBING, Minn. - Iron ore pellet production at northeastern Minnesota taconite facilities took a step forward in 2017.Pellet production at the six plants is forecast to reach 36.6 million tons in ...

Hope you're not afraid of the dark or of heights because we're about to plunge more than 2,300 feet underground into Minnesota's oldest iron mine. The state provides most of America's iron ore.

DULUTH -- A North Dakota company plans to build a $60 million iron producing plant near Jamestown, N.D., using iron ore concentrate from Minnesota. A subsidiary of Bismarck-based Carbontec Energy ...

A new university study finds iron ore mining has an annual economic impact of more than $3 billion in Minnesota. The University of Minnesota Duluth study found mining, processing and shipping ...

A $1.9 billion iron-ore mining and processing plant under construction in Minnesota’s Iron Range is looking to shed ties with owner Essar Group in connection with the facility’s chapter 11 ...

Minnesota iron ore production rose slightly in 2012, a third consecutive annual increase and another sign of the industry's recovery from a recession-induced downturn. Taconite output climbed to ...

HIBBING, Minn. - Iron ore pellet production at northeastern Minnesota taconite facilities took a step forward in 2017.Pellet production at the six plants is forecast to reach 36.6 million tons in ...