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Memorial Blood Centers (logo) DULUTH, MN (KDAL) – Due to the ongoing challenges of recruiting blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic, Memorial Blood Centers is facing a shortage of blood and platelet donations. Even though the need for blood in the region remains constant, the pandemic has resulted in the cancellation or postponement of many blood drives. Several locations will be holding needed blood donation opportunities this week. Upcoming drives include at Northshore Mining in Silver Bay and the Willow River High School on Wednesday, Cirrus Aircraft in Duluth on Thursday and on Fri...

Cliffs fined $120,000 for knowing about crumbling walkway at Northshore Mining, but not fixing it before injury Workers said they told management about the walkway issues "for years" but that nothing had been done to fix the structure. 9:59 am, Mar. 5, 2021 × Cleveland-Cliffs’ Northshore Mining in Silver Bay. (Clint Austin / 2020 file / News Tribune) Northshore Mining faces $120,000 in fines after showing “reckless disregard” for worker safety when it failed to repair known issues in an elevated walkway before a section failed in September 2016, injuring one worke...

Copy shortlink: The parent company of Hibbing Taconite on the Iron Range said it has found its own solution to the mine nearing the end of its mining life and will not partner with U.S. Steel, a move suggested by Gov. Tim Walz in letters to both companies last week. Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said in a statement that he informed Walz on Monday that "Cleveland-Cliffs has identified a solution to extend HibTac's life of mine, using land already under the control of Cleveland-Cliffs. With this solution, no land swap with other companies will be necessary to ...

Minnesota's governor has a suggestion for Cleveland-Cliffs, but the company has its own idea Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has declined — politely — a suggestion from the governor of Minnesota about how to extend the mining life of what's known as Hibbing Taconite on Minnesota's Iron Range. Gov. Tim Walz in letters last week suggested a partnership of Cliffs and U.S. Steel, according to this article from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. But the newspaper reports that Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said in a statement that he informed Walz on Monday, Feb. 8, tha...

Regulators weigh environmental review of Milepost 7 tailings basin expansion after Cleveland-Cliffs submits permit application. 6:00 pm, Jan. 22, 2021 × An aerial view looking southeast at Cleveland-Cliffs’ Milepost 7 tailings basin. The basin holds 40 years' worth of tailings behind dams and on top of a 2,100-acre footprint. An expansion project planned by Cliffs, would expand that footprint by 850 acres — a 40% increase in the basin’s surface area. The darker areas visible in the basin are shadows of cumulus clouds. (Clint Austin / 2020 file / caustin@duluthnews.com) Envir...