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Steve Sack
Steve Sack has been the editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 1981 and is syndicated by Cagle Cartoons, Inc.. He is the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
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The company had missed several last-chance requirements earlier this month. 2:00 pm, May 28, 2021 ×
A crane sits next to the partly constructed Mesabi Metallics pelletizing building. (2018 file / News Tribune)
DULUTH The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has terminated the leases for Mesabi Metallics, the beleaguered iron ore mine and half-built processing plant near Nashwauk, Minn.
The state agency announced the lease termination in a news release Thursday, May 27, and said it will follow up with the company on any equipment that needs to be removed from the site.
The future of the mine and plant site are not yet known. Minnesota s two other iron ore mining companies U.S. Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs have both expressed interest in the site. The DNR has not made any decisions on future leasing of the state minerals area, according to the news release.
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