DULUTH, Minn. — Cleveland-Cliffs will idle its Northshore Mining operations in Babbitt and Silver Bay amid a royalties dispute and as the use of scrap metal in its electric arc furnaces reduces ...

Cliffs Natural Resources said Monday that it will restart production at Northshore Mining by May 15, the first major callback of workers in several months on northern Minnesota's Iron Range.

It will also be a blow to Mesabi Trust, which derives nearly all its income from the Peter Mitchell Mine near Babbitt where Northshore operates. Mesabi Trust received $37.1 million in royalty ...

Laid-off Northshore Mining workers called back to work in northeastern Minnesota Area politicians say the company told them the mine and pellet plant will reopen in April after sitting idle for ...

Northshore Mining will reopen operations in mid-May in what is the biggest good news to hit Minnesota's Iron Range in months.Cliffs Natural Resources announced Monday that its Northshore taconite ...

Northshore Mining Company wants to enlarge its 12-mile-long taconite pit near Babbitt into an area that contains sulfur-bearing rock. The permitting process has started, and tribal and ...

Cliffs first idled Northshore on May 1, resulting in the layoff of about 410 of the 580 employees who work at the open pit mine outside the small town of Babbitt and the giant pellet plant along ...

The mine is in Babbitt and the plant is in Silver Bay. Northshore Mining had been originally idled this past ... According to a notice from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic ...

We respect the right of our Northshore Mining workforce to seek representation by the USW. "Cleveland-Cliffs sees the USW as our partner, in Minnesota and throughout the entire country," Persico said.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A bill to extend unemployment benefits for laid-off workers at Northshore Mining is on its way to Gov. Tim Walz for his signature. The Minnesota House voted 127-7 on Monday to ...

Northshore Mining’s operation east of Babbitt. The firm plans to expand its taconite pit south of Babbitt to an area containing sulfur-bearing rock. (The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

The proposed expansion of Northshore Mining's giant Peter Mitchell taconite iron ore mine near Babbitt won't need a full-fledged Environmental Impact Study, a state agency has determined.