Mesabi Metallics, an iron ore mine under construction in northern Minnesota, has purchased the largest trucks ever used in ...

World's largest iron ore deposit found to date transforms theories about ore formation and should generate trillions of ...

Construction continues at the site of Mesabi Metallics on Nov. 19, 2024, in Nashwauk, Minn. After almost two decades, the nearly $2 billion project is nearing completion with a goal of producing ...

NASHWAUK, Minn. — A controversial $2 billion-plus mining project on Minnesota’s Iron Range that has weathered an economic recession, missed deadlines and payments, bankruptcy, changes in ownership, ...

A US company backed by billionaire Robert Friedland took a key step toward building an iron ore mine in Guinea after lawmakers in neighboring Liberia greenlit an agreement allowing the firm to access ...

NASHWAUK, MINN. – Last week, I gazed up at the largest mining truck in Iron Range history — a 400-ton Komatsu 980E-5. The yellow behemoth occupies some 44,000 cubic feet of space, similar to ...

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Officials at Utah Iron LLC announced on Wednesday that the company is suspending its mining operations at its Iron County facility, effective immediately. According to a news release sent out by Jenn ...

Mesabi Metallics announced a major $110 million purchase of a new fleet of mining equipment from global heavy equipment leader Komatsu, through Mesabi Metallics’ partnership with Road Machinery & ...

Sweden's northernmost city of Kiruna is on the move because of ground subsidence from the expansion of the world's largest ...

Mining might be an “old” industry, but there are still plenty of dramatic twists and turns on the Iron Range, which has been in constant flux for decades. On Wednesday, a new episode launched when the ...