What an exciting time to become president of the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota (IMA) – just in time to celebrate this great association’s 25th anniversary! More...

Whether you like to swing a club or sweep a broom, work with students or scientists—or even if you just like to eat—there is an Iron Mining Association of Minnesota (IMA) event for you.  More...

Supporting clean air and water for the communities on the Iron Range is extremely important to the IMA. The environmental regulatory landscape is constantly changing. More...

The IMA Safety and Health Committee has the following mission statement: Promote the continuous improvement in our mines and plants for all employees, contractors, visitors, guests and other stakeholders by:  • Sharing best safety practices More...

VIRGINIA – First founded in 1926 in Duluth, by Michael M. Sill, Road Machinery & Supplies Co. (RMS) has, over the years, expanded to eight locations throughout the Upper Midwest as well as offices in Dallas, TX, and Atlanta, GA. More...

EVELETH – 2015 was a tough time in the mining industry.  More...

What a view! The colorful landscape of Hibbing Taconite as viewed from the Hull Rust Mineview in Hibbing. Photo by John Sikkila. More...

CLEVELAND – Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced last week that it has re-named the company to its historical name Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. More...

Iron ore, dry bulk cargo and general cargo shipments remain strong on the St. Lawrence Seaway this season, with overall tonnage up 18 percent over last year.  The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. More...

HOYT LAKES – PolyMet Mining Corp. reports that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recently released six draft water appropriation permits for public review and comment. More...

The following recipes are from the cookbook Always on Sunday Revisited, by Eleanor Ostman. More...

CROSBY/IRONTON – The Cuyuna area was a border area between the Dakota and the Ojibwe Indians and served as a long portage route from Mille Lacs Lake to the upper Mississippi River. More...

HIBBING – Barr’s project teams help clients in the mining, power, and fuels industries and in the public sector develop, manage, process, and restore natural resources. More...

CHISHOLM – The Minnesota Museum of Mining is located near the water tower in Chisholm in an expansive park complex surrounded by a massive rock wall built as part of a WPA project. More...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Highway 53 Relocation Project is scheduled to be completed on Aug. 15, three months ahead of schedule. More...

EVELETH – They tell me it’s the largest business located north of Cotton and south of the railroad tracks that cross Highway 53 south of the Eveleth and Makinen areas. More...

DULUTH – The Natural Resources Research Institute announced Thursday the completion of a technical report that shows pilot-scale success at producing high quality titanium dioxide from an ilmenite deposit near Hoyt Lakes.  More...

NASHWAUK – Nashwauk Mayor Ben DeNucci says that the city was pleasantly surprised by the winning bid put forth by Chippewa Capital Partner’s, LLC to take over the assets of the now-defunct Essar project.  “ERP (Chippewa) kept p More...

Komatsu America Corp., a subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd., has completed its acquisition of Joy Global Inc., a worldwide leader in high-productivity mining solutions, it was announced in April.  More...

A new study on the economic realities of mining and tourism jobs finds they both have value and can co-exist. Praxis Strategy Group, however, found that mining jobs remain the cornerstone of northeastern Minnesota’s economy.  More...

Mars Supply has had a long relationship with the iron mining industry in Minnesota.  “We started out providing pick axes and shovels,” said Bruce Mars, the fourth generation in the family-owned business. More...

Oliver Mining Company—Eveleth District— employees who were issued a service medal as of April 1, 1926 (listed by name, total service and occupation).   More...

BUHL – Just as mining is a big deal on the Iron Range, the equipment used for mining is a big deal too. Literally BIG, I mean.  More...

Most of us have been there: the moving van is stacked floor to ceiling with boxes and items comprising almost everything you own. More...

DULUTH – GPM, Inc. was founded in 1978 in Duluth and is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the GPM-Eliminator™ line of horizontal and submersible pumps. More...