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A mountain of low silica DR-grade pellets awaits its journey to Ohio on Tuesday at Northshore Mining. Northshore Mining built a new plant with new equipment to produce low silica DR-grade pellets to be used as feedstock at Cliffs' hot briquetted iron plant in Toledo, Ohio. Ellen Schmidt/eschmidt@duluthnews.com

Energy and Mining Dec 3rd 2019 - 8am

Cliffs to buy AK Steel in $1.1 billion stock deal

Josh Clark talks about his electric car during a news conference in 2013 when Duluth unveiled a charging station at the Depot parking ramp. (File / News Tribune)

Energy and Mining Oct 21st 2019 - 1pm

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Mayor Chris Swanson cuts the ribbon on the new electric vehicle charging station, surrounded by city staff, members of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce and representatives from Minnesota Power. (Photo courtesy of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce)

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CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Lourenco Goncalves cuts a ribbon to celebrate the completion of a plant that will produce low silica DR-grade pellets on Tuesday, Aug. 8 at Northshore Mining. The new pellets are purer than standard iron ore pellets according to Cleveland-Cliffs. Ellen Schmidt/eschmidt@duluthnews.com

Energy and Mining Aug 6th 2019 - 8pm

In Silver Bay, a new pellet points toward Cliffs' future

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