TACONITE HARBOR, Minn. — If you've never heard of the town of Taconite Harbor, it might be because it doesn't exist anymore. "There's still a light pole. And this was Main Street right here ...

Erie Mining is owned by Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., and the U.S. will soon hear a lot more about taconite, an iron-bearing rock which spreads over much of Minnesota’s Mesabi ...

In a novel attempt to enforce a longstanding Minnesota rule protecting wild rice, the Environmental Protection Agency is investigating U.S. Steel’s taconite mine, Keetac, for repeatedly ...

The Iron Ore Alliance named former State Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk recipient of its fourth-annual “Hard Rock Miners” ...

We urge Minnesota residents to take action to support ... While supporters of mining in the region often cite existing taconite mining infrastructure as crucial for the local economy, the Boundary ...