Support builds for Minnesota Power’s proposed EITE rate released by the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota Dozens of communities, businesses, and residents have thrown their support behind a proposal to reduce energy costs for the iron ore mining industry in Northeastern Minnesota and protect local jobs. The Laurentian Chamber of Commerce (Eveleth, Gilbert, Mt. Iron,…
United Taconite resumes pellet production on Iron Range by Associated Press United Taconite has resumed producing pellets on northeastern Minnesota’s Iron Range. Cleveland-based Cliffs Natural Resources earlier announced it would restart operations in August at its United Taconite mining facilities, two months earlier than previously announced. WDIO-TV reports production resumed this week. The mine in…
Visit us at the MN State Fair and enter to win a fall color vacation! The IMA will be at the MN State Fair on MPR day in the MPR tent this Friday, Sept. 2. Visit us at Carousel Park to get your “Steel on a Stick” so you can enter to win a fall…
Yard signs are here! If you requested a “We Support Mining/Mining Supports Us” yard sign during our latest re-order, contact the IMA office at 218-722-7724 or info@taconite.org to set up a time to pick them up or have them delivered! IMA office hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday or by appointment.
Plans explained for cleanup at former US Steel site by Lisa Kaczke, Duluth News Tribune Details were announced Thursday for a $69 million proposed plan to address contaminated sediment at U.S. Steel’s former industrial site in Duluth’s Morgan Park neighborhood. More than 50 people attended a meeting Thursday to hear about the plan from the…
New plant, revived United Taconite bring good news to Iron Range by Dee DePass, Star Tribune The recall of laidoff workers at the United Taconite plant and the start of construction on a $65 million iron-ore pellet plant in Forbes, Minn., is bringing much needed good news to Minnesota’s Iron Range. Gov. Mark Dayton, Rep….
US Steel CEO praises trade case conclusions by Pittsburgh Business Times United States Steel Corp. CEO Mario Longhi praised the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ruling on three trade cases the company filed in 2015 that include a 57 percent duty on two South Korean companies’ imports of hot-rolled steel. The cases involved imported hot-rolled steel from Korea, Japan,…
ArcelorMittal marks 10-year anniversary by Joseph S. Pete, Northwest Indiana Times ArcelorMittal, the global behemoth that swooped in and took over many of Northwest Indiana’s big steel mills after the domestic steelmaking industry collapsed, marked its 10-year anniversary Monday. “Steelmaking is our passion and it is this passion that will continue to drive ArcelorMittal for…
US trade measures finally helping domestic steel producers by American Journal of Transportation Three leading U.S. steel companies have reported enhanced profitability recently, in one case, less egregious negative results. All three attribute their brighter financial picture to falling steel imports and those thanks to the trade sanctions the United States government has imposed on…
The Iron Mining Association Applauds Minnesota Power EITE Rate Filing The iron mining industry applauds Minnesota Power’s energy intensive and trade-exposed (EITE) electric rate filing with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. The rate credit is critical for the industry, which continues to face significant global pressure to produce iron ore pellets at lower cost. If…