Cleveland-Cliffs owns 100% of the United Taconite mine and leases 100% of the mineral rights. Operations consist of an open-pit truck and shovel mine, where ore is crushed in two stages before traveling by rail to the plant site.

In 2017, we completed a $75 million capital investment project at our United Taconite operation to produce a newly developed superflux iron ore pellet. A flux iron ore pellet has increased levels of mainly CaO (calcium oxide or limestone) in comparison to a standard pellet.

May 16, 2017 · CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) announced today that production of the new Mustang superflux pellet has started at its United Taconite mine.

May 4, 2023 · Cleveland-Cliffs is the likely winner of a high-stakes bid for state iron ore leases near Nashwauk, a victory that would ensure the future of Hibbing Taconite, one of the Iron Range's largest...

Cleveland-Cliffs owns 100% of the United Taconite mine and leases 100% of the mineral rights. Operations consist of an open-pit truck and shovel mine, where ore is crushed in two stages before traveling by rail to the plant site.

Feb 26, 2025 · Cleveland-Cliffs could have idled one or more of its northeastern Minnesota taconite plants in 2024, but didn’t in anticipation of an improved 2025 domestic steel industry, the company’s top executive said.

Nov 18, 2022 · MINNEAPOLIS — The CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs says an iron ore mine in northern Minnesota will close in a few years if it doesn’t get mineral rights from a nearby project that hasn't been...

Nov 17, 2022 · Cliffs-owned Hibbing Taconite, an Iron Range economic anchor that employs 750, is expected to run out of ore around 2025. Meanwhile, the state has terminated Mesabi Metallics' mineral rights —...

The Thunderbird Mine is a large, operating, open-pit iron mine that produces pellets from a magnetite iron ore regionally known as taconite. The ore is sent approximately 10 miles by rail to the concentrator for produce a magnetite concentrate, which …

May 25, 2023 · ST. PAUL — Cleveland-Cliffs was unanimously awarded state mineral leases at the former Butler Taconite mine Thursday by the state’s Executive Council, marking a momentous change of fortune for minerals long unused and sought by the company.