Northshore Mining Company, which originally operated as Reserve Mining Company, was the first taconite processing facility in North America when it opened in 1955. After Reserve filed for bankruptcy in 1986, the plant was downsized to 4.8 million tons per year capacity and reopened in 1990 as Northshore Mining Company.
Location: Located on the Mesabi Iron Range; mining located in Babbitt, Minnesota, on the northeastern end of the Mesabi iron formation; processing facilities located in Silver Bay, Minnesota
Workforce: 511 employees
Type of Ore: Magnetite
2008 Production: 5.5 million tons
Cliffs’ Ownership Share: 100%
The numbers reported above are estimates for full-year 2008.
