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U.S. Steel Corp. operates a taconite mine and processing plant known as Keetac north of Keewatin, where it produces taconite pellets for use at iron and steel mills.
U.S. Steel/MPCA to meet weekly on Keetac permits
1 day ago · There’s a new sense of urgency to resolve permits critical to the operation of United States Steel Corp.’s Keetac taconite plant in Keewatin.
Keetac DR-grade pellet plant on verge of start-up | Mine ...
Oct 25, 2023 · US Steel CEO David Burritt shows his emotions as he talks about the company’s commitment to growth and the future impact of a new $150 million DR-Grade pellet plant being built …
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It includes two facilities: Minntac in Mountain Iron and Keetac in Keewatin. At these facilities, iron-bearing rock called taconite is mined and processed into iron ore pellets used in the steelmaking …
U.S. Steel celebrates Keetac DR-grade facility - BusinessNorth
May 24, 2024 · United States Steel Corp. showed off its approximate $150 million DR-grade pellet production facility in a celebration at its Keetac taconite plant in Keewatin.
First U.S. Steel taconite pellets shipped as merger looms
May 23, 2024 · KEEWATIN, Minn. (Northern News Now) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz started a series of stops on the Iron Range Thursday surrounded by several lawmakers in Keewatin celebrating the first …
As U.S. Steel opens new Iron Range taconite facility, its potential ...
May 24, 2024 · KEEWATIN, Minn. — U.S. Steel’s new higher-grade taconite pellet debuted this month, a bright spot for Iron Rangers worried about the storied American company’s potential sale to Japan’s...
US Steel dedicates $150 million Keetac project in Minnesota
Oct 6, 2022 · KEEWATIN, Minn. (AP) — Construction has started on one of the largest taconite projects in Minnesota in recent years. U.S. Steel dedicated its $150 million plant addition in Keewatin …
Keewatin Taconite Operations Plant | The Center for Land Use …
This mine and plant operation, known as KeeTac, is owned by US Steel, and supplies taconite to its Great Lakes Works steel mill near Detroit, its Granite City Works in St. Louis, as well as its large …
Keetac’s new DR-grade pellet plant up and running
May 23, 2024 · KEEWATIN — Of the six operating taconite mines and pellet plants on the Iron Range, U.S. Steel’s Keetac facility is often the first to idle and the last to reopen when the economy slumps …