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taconite

  • n  a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore
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  • Last week, convinced that big-scale mining of taconite was feasible, Republic Steel Corp.
  • Hibbing, a community of 20,000 that is probably best known as Bob Dylan's hometown, has been hurt by the decline of the region's taconite mining.
  • The grey taconite rock in which the remaining ore was pocketed appeared too hard and the ore of too low a grade for profitable mining.
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  taconite
  • Walk brings mining opposition to GTAC drill site
    TOWN OF ANDERSON — What was billed as a peaceful, educational walk to the site of the Gogebic Taconite exploratory drilling site in a densely forested area of Iron County, went off without a hitch Saturday, as more than 60 individuals hiked the three miles of muddy forest road to the site from Moore Park Road in the Town of Anderson.
    June 17, 2013 - The Ashland Daily Press
  • Legion baseball: Big sixth inning lifts Taconite to 6-4 win over Brookston in game one
    MARBLE – The Taconite legion baseball squad used some late extra-base hits to score three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning against Taconite, jumping ahead for the second time in the game to win 6-4 on Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader.
    June 13, 2013 - Grand Rapids Herald-Review
  • Legion baseball: Taconite loses opener to Cloquet
    A three-run top of the seventh spoiled the legion baseball opener for Taconite, as a visiting Cloquet squad came away with a 4-2 comeback win.
    June 11, 2013 - Grand Rapids Herald-Review
Quotes
  taconite
  • Tim Pawlenty in Bemidji Pioneer
    The dramatic need for steel in Asia has raised the worldwide demand and price for taconite,Pawlenty said about a material mined in northeastern Minnesota and used to make steel. "That has made Minnesota's mining asset much more valuable....
  • Jim Oberstar in Tower Timberjay News
    This is the most important development for Minnesota's mining industry since the invention of taconite in the 1950s; we are taking the ore from the ground and producing a high-value product on site,said Oberstar.
  • Mike Hatch in Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
    It was the equivalent of saying you don't know what taconite is,Hatch said Wednesday.

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