by Baihly Warfield, WDIO The Christmas lights on Keewatin’s streets seemed to shine a little brighter Thursday night after news circulated about Keetac’s impending restart. Read more.
Read more »by Jerry Burnes, Mesabi Daily News, and Tony Potter, Hibbing Daily Tribune Keewatin Taconite will end a near 20-month closure within the next few weeks, resulting in hundreds of employees returning to work. Read more.
Read more »by Michael Pooler, Financial Times The US steel industry is expected to return to growth next year, with production predicted to rise on lower imports and buoyant demand from the construction and energy sectors. Read more.
Read more »by Tom Coombe, Timberjay A grassroots, Ely-based organization formed to support mining in northeastern Minnesota has attracted over 10,000 members in less than a week. Read more.
Read more »by John Myers, Duluth News Tribune A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware has approved a new name for the company formerly known as Essar Steel Minnesota. Mesabi Metallics was officially approved earlier this week as the new name of the still-bankrupt entity that controls a half-built but shuttered taconite mine and processing center in Nashwauk….
Read more »by Ben Levisohn, Barron’s Last night, U.S. Steel (X) said it would re-start production at its shuttered Granite City plant. Macquarie’s Aldo Mazzaferro considers the implications: Despite the lack of volume impact, we think this is a smart move strategically since it allows US Steel to perform the needed maintenance and upgrading on its three other…
Read more »by Brooks Johnson, Duluth News Tribune The bane of so many Northland drivers might be better solved with a famous Northland export: taconite. A study by the University of Minnesota Duluth Natural Resources Research Institute this year looked at new ways of using taconite byproducts to patch pavement and fill in potholes. “The two repair alternatives…
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