SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST — When the Biden administration barred new mining activity on 225,000 acres of federal land in the Rainy River Watershed, the decision was aimed at protecting the Boundary ...

In the drive to expand industrial production, the Defense Production Administration last week okayed the biggest single quick-tax-write-off in its history: a $298 million project for Minnesota’s Erie ...

Northshore Mining will reopen operations in mid-May in what is the biggest good news to hit Minnesota’s Iron Range in months. Cliffs Natural Resources announced Monday that its Northshore taconite ...

Iron Range taconite producer Cleveland Cliffs completed its stock purchase of AK Steel Holding Corp. Friday, creating a full-services company that for the first time will be able to mine ore, ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL -- Parts of Minnesota's system of collecting taconite taxes and distributing that revenue need more clarity, transparency and oversight, according to a report released Thursday by the state ...