From the early days of underground iron ore mining to the current day taconite industry, United States Steel Corp., has been a major economic player in northeastern Minnesota and the ...

Billion Annual Impact Supports More Than 6,800 Total Jobs Across the State MOUNTAIN IRON & KEEWATIN, Minn., November 12, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United States Steel Corporation ("U. S. Steel") today ...

MOUNTAIN IRON, MINN. – There’s only one political sign inside BG’s Bar and Grill on Minnesota’s Iron Range. “WE SUPPORT UNION STEELWORKERS,” it reads behind the bar. On that one thing, virtually ...

Iron ore at one of U.S. Steel's Minnesota mining operations, Minntac in Mountain Iron and Keetac in Keewatin. Courtesy photo: U.S. Steel. Nippon Steel completed its purchase of U.S. Steel last week, ...

Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Once, when I was little, my teenage aunt was stuck babysitting me against her ...

MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United States Steel Corporation’s (“U. S. Steel”) Minnesota Ore Operations in the Mesabi Iron Range of northern Minnesota contributed $1.8 billion to the local ...

A love of skiing and a generous donation brings lore and prestige back to the Iron Range. Tucked away on the western side of Coleraine lies Mt. Itasca, ...

Nearly 600 Iron Range steelworkers are being temporarily laid off in early May due to an excess accumulation of iron ore. Workers at Hibbing Taconite Company and Minorca Mine are being impacted.

Reports indicate Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel intend to build a direct-reduced iron production plant on the Big River Steel ...

Drop off routine for Dara Jones and her boys includes some hugs and kisses at the door of their rooms at Iron Range Tykes Learning Center in Mt. Iron. The family lives in Tower, which is about 30 ...