IMA applauds MPCA’s withdrawal of wild rice proposal The Iron Mining Association (IMA) is pleased that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has announced that it will withdraw its proposed wild rice rule from the rule making process. This is an important step in the right direction towards recognizing serious flaws with the rule and…
Fears over steel and aluminum tariffs are overblown Listening to the media elite or to Wall Street’s free-trade cheerleaders, one gets the impression that the sky must be falling. Pundits have wasted little time in deriding President Trump’s recent decision to protect national security by imposing tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. They warn of…
Commercial shipping season begins at Duluth-Superior Port Star Tribune Minnesota celebrated the start of the 2018 commercial shipping season this week by opening the Port of Duluth-Superior to cargo ships that will deliver iron ore to customers along the Great Lakes, port and mining officials announced Wednesday. Duluth Seaway Port-Authority officials said the five ships departing the harbor will…
IMA statement on President Trump signing steel tariffs On behalf of the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota (IMA), President Kelsey Johnson applauds President Donald Trump’s leadership and decision to sign orders on steel and aluminum tariffs today. “This is a great day for America’s iron mining industry, the domestic steel industry, and the workers, families,…
Iron Mining Association donates to food shelves Members of the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota (IMA), a trade association representing Minnesota’s iron mining industry and its supporters, raised $3,000 to donate to local food shelves this month during the association’s annual Funspiel curling event. Twenty-eight local businesses contributed $100 or more to this fundraiser, including:…
Tariffs ‘absolutely will’ bring back jobs to America: Steel CEO CNBC Tim Timken of TimkenSteel Corporation said President Donald Trump‘s proposed steel tariffs “absolutely will” bring back jobs to the U.S. In the steel company’s Canton, Ohio, facilities, only two people work per shift. The rest of the company, which manufactures special bar quality steel in five U.S. locations, is…
Three questions facing MN in wake of steel, aluminum tariffs MPR The Trump administration announced steel and aluminum tariffs on Thursday. Although a 25 percent tax on imported steel wouldn’t apply directly to Minnesota’s iron mining industry, the trade barriers are likely to have a significant impact on Minnesota’s economy — for good and bad. Click…
Iron mining supports high-quality education for all Minnesotans by IMA President Kelsey Johnson for Hometown Focus February 2018 Mining Edition Iron mining is connected to a lot of facets of education including K-12 education and all University of Minnesota schools. Minnesota iron and taconite is mined out of leased land. Some of that land is…
Iron mining supports high-quality education for all Minnesotans Hometown Focus Iron mining is connected to a lot of facets of education including K-12 education and all University of Minnesota schools. Minnesota iron and taconite is mined out of leased land. Click here to read more.
The Iron Mining Association of Minnesota (IMA) and many of its members will be among thousands from around the world attending next week’s National Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Conference in Minneapolis. The IMA, a trade association representing Minnesota’s iron mining industry and its supporters, is proud to be a Silver Level sponsor…