STEEL
Say good-bye to Big Blue. The Big Red Bridge is in Town
New Tied Arch Bridge in Hastings, Minnesota to open today. 1951 Steel Arch Bridge to be dismantled. Travelling to southern Minnesota, I usually pass through the city of Hastings, located on the Mis...
Posted on 6/4/13 at 12:37 AM
Legislative notebook: Gun bill surfaces without stronger background checks
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey The author of a new gun bill says she wrote it as a compromise, but those who already have related bills are not buying it. Rep. Debra Hilstrom, DFL-Brooklyn Cente...
Posted on 3/6/13 at 6:33 PM
And the People's Choice award goes to ...
Artist Stephen Menart's steel piece "Hard Top" won the People's Choice Award for the Membership Exhibition Wednesday at the Duluth Art Institute's Gallery Celebration. ("Hard Top" won the People's Ch...
Posted on 1/19/12 at 9:16 PM
Lemon fresh frig
My stainless steel refrigerator looks almost as good as it did in the showroom. In the midst of last week’s kitchen cleaning frenzy — OK, it wasn’t exactly a frenzy, but a determined...
Posted on 2/17/10 at 5:00 AM
Essar Steel gets grant money
The Essar Steel plant in Nashwauk will receive a $1.4 million grant to bring water and sewer service to the site. The grant from the Economic Development Administration will help lay the foundation fo...
Posted on 1/7/10 at 10:52 AM
Morgan Park steel plant site slated to be industrial hub 
January 28, 2010
Essar, Keetac get help from Iron Range Resources
The Iron Range Resources board on Monday extended the terms of a loan to Essar Steel that exempts the company from interest payments into 2010.By John Myers , December 15, 2009
Plans in the works to develop Morgan Park site 
For years, the abandoned U.S. Steel property has sat as a neglected scar of land in Morgan Park. Once the economic engine of the area, the fenced-off, contaminated site serves as a constant reminder of how times have changed since 1973 when the mill ceased operations.
By Peter Passi , October 10, 2009
BIZBlog: More signs of mining rebound 
September 28, 2009
Big lakers tie up in weak economy 
The latest to go idle is the Edgar B. Speer, a member of the Great Lakes Fleet.
By Peter Passi , April 30, 2009
Economy stalls $1.65 billion steel mill project near Nashwauk 
By Peter Passi , March 28, 2009
Essar looks for help in financing Iron Range plant 
Essar Steel is having trouble getting private financing for the construction of a $1.6 billion taconite-to-steel industrial complex near Nashwauk.
March 10, 2009
Essar looks for help in financing Iron Range plant 
Essar Steel is having trouble getting private financing for the construction of a $1.6 billion taconite-to-steel industrial complex near Nashwauk.
By Associated Press , March 09, 2009
Minntac announces nearly 600 layoffs
U.S. Steel has notified workers that it will cut production in the next two to three weeks and about 500 union and 90 salaried management employees will be indefinitely laid off.By Peter Passi , February 19, 2009
Port plans to make pitch for stimulus funds 
By Peter Passi , January 29, 2009
U.S. Steel reports healthy 2008, prepares for weaker 2009 
The nation’s second-largest steelmaker reported net earnings today of $2.13 billion for the year — more than double the $879 million it pocketed in 2007.
January 27, 2009
US Steel announces temporary shutdown at Keetac 
By Peter Passi , December 03, 2008
Ryerson may tie up early 
The softening steel market may force lakers to end their seasons early.
By Peter Passi , November 05, 2008
November steel shipments up over 2006 
January 18, 2008
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