The congressman from northeast Minnesota just introduced legislation to nullify a 2023 Biden administration ban.
Hundreds of people stood in a long line that snaked outside the offices of Mesabi Metallics in Nashwauk last week, eagerly awaiting the chance to get an up-close look at the largest mining trucks ever ...
Cleveland-Cliffs said it would temporarily idle two of its Iron Range mines and taconite pellet plants and lay off 630 workers. The iron ore mining and steel-making company said it would idle its ...
The Hull Rust-Mahoning Mine in Hibbing, Minn., has been in operation since 1895 and supplied as much as a fourth of all iron ore mined in the United States during World Wars I and II. A combination of ...
A version of this story first appeared on Minnesota Public Radio. Hundreds of people stood in a long line that snaked outside the offices of Mesabi Metallics in Nashwauk, Minnesota, last month, ...
People on the Iron Range are used to booms and busts of the cyclical mining industry. But the latest downturn has Ellis and many others worried. They’re bracing for the impending layoffs of 1,100 ...