CHISHOLM — In a lot of cities, the local beautification association would look at a hulking, weather-worn piece of mining equipment that's been unused for decades and try to figure out how to get rid ...

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 ...

A payment of $7.25 million made last Thursday by Mesabi Metallics Company LLC to the State of Minnesota brings to $26.7 million the total Mesabi has paid the state, Itasca County and the City of ...

NASHWAUK, Minnesota — An industrial resurrection seems afoot at a long-promising but snakebitten $2 billion-plus taconite project. On a crisp fall morning, a construction site in this Iron Range city ...

Larry Sutherland, president and chief operating officer at Mesabi Metallics, stands for a portrait in front of his company’s new 400-ton haul truck from Komatsu on Tuesday, Nov. 18 in Nashwauk.

Hundreds of people stood in a long line that snaked outside the offices of Mesabi Metallics in Nashwauk last week, eagerly awaiting the chance to get an up-close look at the largest mining trucks ever ...