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Iron Ore Mine
US Steel Minntac Mine
Largest iron ore mine in United States of 8 · top 14% worldwide (#50 of 372)
- Operator
- United States Steel Corp
- Owner
- United States Steel Corp
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 16 Mt/yr
- Mineral
- iron ore
- Output
- ~14.06 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1953
Comparable iron ore mines · United States · 8 ranked
- #1US Steel Minntac Mine
- #2Cleveland-Cliffs Tilden Mine
- #3Hibbing Taconite Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine8.5 km · Iron Ore Mine
- Cleveland-Cliffs United Taconite Mine9.4 km · Iron Ore Mine
- 500 kV line21 km · Transmission Line
- Forbes Substation21 km · Substation / Converter
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Iron Ore Mines Tracker (CC BY 4.0)