Taconite News

Last update: November 9, 2009 - 4:52 PM Minnesota birders whose passions extend to rare and unusual bird species have struck it rich the past few days.

Iron Range Resources today announced $100,000 in Culture and Tourism grants to be awarded for projects undertaken in 2010.

Iron Range Resources today announced the awarding of 11 Commercial Community Redevelopment grants totaling $805,000 for the demolition and removal of commercial buildings, publicly owned structures and brownfield site cleanup within the Taconite Assistance Area.

A central Minnesota ethanol producer has been tagged with a $425,000 civil penalty by state environmental regulators for a host of violations at its production facility.

Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend Business North - The Daily Briefing - Business Newspaper Online U.S. Steel delays Keetac restart 10/20/2009 by Beth Bily A setback in the iron mining industry surfaced today Oct.

Minnesota's taconite mines are on the rebound, one sign the national recession may have hit bottom and the U.S. economy is slowly turning around.

A Cleveland-abased natural resources company based is ramping up its sales goals this year after previously announcing it was boosting production at its United Taconite plant in Minnesota.

With two reports this week of increasing taconite production on the Iron Range, the outlook for the mining industry might be improving.

Cliffs Natural Resources announced that United Taconite will increase production for the remainder of 2009.

Iron Range Resources 8/21/2009 A $1 million Iron Range Resources Wage Subsidy Program which assists businesses headquartered within the Taconite Assistance Area in hiring new employees is now available through the Workforce Centers in Northeast Minnesota.

Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend Special Focus Study links Range workforce needs, higher ed programs 8/25/2009 by Beth Bily Nearly one in five Iron Range residents is unemployed in the recession, but regional economic developers believe the economy is posed for recovery next year.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota are urging thousands of taconite workers to participate in a cancer study, regardless of the workers' health status.

Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend Business North - The Daily Briefing - Business Newspaper Online Recession takes toll on Twin Ports tonnage 7/21/2009 The steel industry remains hardest hit by the global economic recession.

Hibbing Taconite will stay shut down through April of next year, keeping its 700 employees out of work longer than initially planned.