...has a taconite reserve of 400 million tons, second only on the Iron Range to the 585 million tons at U.S. Steel's Minntac Mine in Mountain Iron. Jerry Fallos, president of Steelworkers Local 4108 in Aurora, met with LTV Steel Co. blast...
...decade, LTV has been the third-largest producer annually of taconite pellets on the Iron Range, behind U.S. Steel's Minntac Mine in Mountain Iron and Hibbing Taconite. LTV Steel Corp. cited high iron ore stripping costs, low quality pellets...
...16 percent. The mine has a capacity of 4.3 million tons annually and produced that amount in news. U.S. Steel's Minntac Mine in Mountain Iron is trimming production by up to 450,000 tons in January and February, about a 3 percent reduction...
...pensioners, including former top-level managers at mines on the Iron Range, are preparing to picket U.S. Steel's Minntac Mine in Mountain Iron. Members of the United Steelworkers of America have often picketed outside taconite plants during...
...Tim Pawlenty met Friday with miners, mining officials, business and civic leaders in Eveleth and toured U.S. Steel's Minntac Mine in Mountain Iron. Rep. Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, and Rep. Tom Rukavina, DFL-Virginia, organized the visit...
...domestic steelmakers. But taconite plants such as National Steel Pellet Co., Hibbing Taconite Co. and U.S. Steel's Minntac Mine have been offered for sale by steel companies that would rather buy pellets through contracts than retain ownership...
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