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Article: United States: Mesabi Nugget taconite plant to start work soon.
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- October 6, 2009
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AP reported that the sea of vehicles crowding the approach to Mesabi Nugget bespeaks the project's scale. Somewhere between 600 and 700 contractors are on the job most days, working to launch the Iron Range's newest taconite processor.
At the peak of activity, about a month ago, upwards of 800 trades people were working to construct the USD 270 million plant that will transform taconite into pig iron. Onsite, north of Aurora, seven massive cranes swivel and swoop, delivering steel components to scurrying workers. Skid loaders, mobile booms, delivery trucks and all manner of construction machines weave through the scene, as though performing an intricately ...
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