Mesabi Metallics announced a major $110 million purchase of a new fleet of mining equipment from global heavy equipment ...

The company is running out of iron ore to mine at the facility, which supports more than 700 jobs. But it also significantly shortened the lifespan of Mesabi’s project.

Mesabi Metallics is ordering $110 million in new mining equipment for its multi-billion dollar Iron Range taconite plant.

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FILE - A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine, is pictured on Feb. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) (Jim Mone ...

A major mining site in Michigan is the Marquette Range, which hosts four types of iron ore deposits, including both magnetite and hematite ore.In Minnesota, magnetite ore is mined mainly in the ...

Cleveland-Cliffs is temporarily laying off 630 workers in Minnesota as it idles two mines that supply iron ore to its steel mills in Northwest Indiana. The Cleveland-based steelmaking and mining ...

FILE - A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., that would become part of a proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine, is pictured on Feb. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) (Jim Mone ...

The developers of a long-delayed copper-nickel mining project in northeastern Minnesota have announced plans for a series of studies over the next year on potential ways to improve environmental ...