United Taconite resumes pellet production on Iron Range
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 Eveleth and the processing plant in nearby Forbes were idled in August 2015 amid a global steel industry slump blamed on Chinese dumping of cheap subsidized steel. Nearly 500 people at United Taconite were laid off for nearly a year.