Cliffs Natural Resources held a groundbreaking ceremony at United Taconite to celebrate the future production of a superflux Mustang pellet for the Company’s largest customer, ArcelorMittal. Cliffs is investing in building new assets to support the customized iron ore pellet, including a storage facility, new silos, a limestone crusher and new conveyors.
The project will take approximately eight months and involve an estimated 200,000 hours of labor during construction. Cliffs is on track to deliver the Mustang pellets to ArcelorMittal starting next year.
Shown in picture (l-r): UTAC General Manager Santi Romani, Congressman Rick Nolan, Cliffs Chairman, President & CEO Lourenco Goncalves, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, USW Local 6860 President Brian Zarn, and EVP, USIO Terry Fedor.