U.S. Steel Keewatin Taconite Mine & Plant (Keetac) | industrial area, mining

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U. S. Steel’s Minnesota Ore Operations, located on the Mesabi Iron Range in Northern Minnesota, include the Minntac Plant in Mt. Iron and the Keewatin Taconite Plant, 25 miles to the west. At these facilities, iron-bearing taconite rock is mined and processed into taconite pellets for use in the steelmaking process. In 2003, Minnesota Ore Operations produced 18.7 million tons of taconite pellets.
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Coordinates:   47°25'13"N   93°4'44"W
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