Lei Pan, captivated by flotation as a student, went on to develop a novel use of the separation technology that he shares with students in his lab and pilots with regional mines. × Michigan Tech ...
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, ...
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 ...
Iron ore describes any rock or mineral deposit that contains enough metallic iron to make extraction worthwhile. These rocks ...
A version of this story first appeared on Minnesota Public Radio. Hundreds of people stood in a long line that snaked outside the offices of Mesabi Metallics in Nashwauk, Minnesota, last month, ...