Mining adds to state’s $19B in global exports Mesabi Daily News staff report Mining contributed to $19 billion in state exports, according to a recent report from the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Agricultural, mining and manufactured products left Minnesota at a rate 4 percent lower than 2015, but supported nearly 120,000 jobs…
IMA donates to local food shelves Members of the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota (IMA), a trade association representing Minnesota’s iron mines and businesses that supply goods and services to the iron mines, raised $2,200 to donate to local food shelves this month during the association’s annual Funspiel curling event. Seventeen local businesses contributed to this…
Hometown Focus Mining Edition released The latest Hometown Focus mining edition was also released this week and features stories on IMA members (and from the IMA!), including: IMA column Joy Global profile KGM profile To view the full e-edition, click here.
U.S. steel production shot up by 6.5 percent in January posted by Northwest Indiana Times The United States made about 6.9 million tons of steel in January, a 6.5 percent increase year-over-year, according to the World Steel Association. MORE
Trump to visit the Iron Range? He says so posted by Business North President Donald Trump said Thursday he would visit U.S. Steel’s taconite operations in Minnesota. MORE
Cliffs named business of the year posted by the Mesabi Daily News What’s it mean to be business of the year? It isn’t some arbitrary handout, especially not this year. MORE
IMA celebrates a quarter century of mining advocacy posted by the Hibbing Daily Tribune for MINE 12 The Iron Mining Association of Minnesota (IMA) will have 25 candles on its birthday cake this year. MORE
MINE 12 released The latest MINE edition was released this week by the Chisholm Tribune Press, Grand Rapids Herald Review, Hibbing Daily Tribune, and Mesabi Daily News. This edition once again features stories on many IMA members (and the IMA itself!), including: Cliffs Natural Resources 170th anniversary IMA 25th anniversary JADCO profile KGM profile Laurentian…
Keetac Steelworkers Begin Returning to Work posted by WDIO The first large wave of people returning to work at Keetac starts on Tuesday. MORE Posted: Jan 16th, 2017
Mining produces $106 million locally posted by the Mesabi Daily News Minnesota’s mining industry injected more than $106 million in local communities in 2016, according to a report released by the Minnesota Department of Revenue. MORE