Cleveland-Cliffs has told area lawmakers that they plan on restarting the mine in Babbitt and the plant in Silver Bay in early April. The operation has been idle since last May, putting over 450 ...

Cliffs said they will keep about 170 people on the payroll during the idle, for maintenance and care of the facilities. For Related Stories: Babbitt Cleveland-Cliffs North Shore Northshore Mining ...

Northshore Mining in Silver Bay and Babbitt will idle this spring as owner Cleveland-Cliffs looks to avoid royalty payments to Mesabi Trust and says “our iron ore needs are not as high as before ...

The fully-owned Northshore Mining operations accounted for nearly a quarter of Cliffs’ share of its 25.5 million tons U.S. iron ore production capacity at the end of 2014. This decision follows ...

DULUTH -- Cleveland-Cliffs, which operates four taconite mines and processing plants on Minnesota’s Iron Range, announced Friday it plans to keep its Northshore Mining facility closed until at ...

Cliffs to idle Northshore Mining as fight over royalty fees intensifies, scrap metal lessens need for pellets The company does not want to pay "absurdly high" royalty fees to Mesabi Trust and is ...

All but 100 of Northshore Mining's 570 employees and 160 of Tilden Mine's 850 employees will be laid off. $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW Read Today's Paper Tuesday, June 10 ...

Northshore, a subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs, operates the Babbitt taconite mine and Silver Bay processing plant. Together, the two facilities employ more than 500 people.

Northshore Mining, the Iron Range mine and processing facility owned by Cleveland Cliffs, is shutting down through August as the company responds to a global drop in demand for steel.

Cliffs Natural Resources says it will temporarily shut down Northshore Mining. Cliffs Natural Resources says it will temporarily shut down a second plant, Northshore Mining, in northeastern ...