Cliffs Natural Resources officials said Wednesday the company has been testing new, direct-reduced iron taconite pellets at two of its Minnesota plants -- Northshore Mining in Silver Bay and United ...
Cliffs Natural Resources is developing a new type of taconite pellet for use in steel-making that relies on natural gas instead of coal. This undated file photo shows operations at the company's ...
Brazil-based iron mining firm Samarco has approved a five-year extension with Nucor Corp., Charlotte, North Carolina, to supply direct-reduced iron (DRI) pellets to the electric arc furnace (EAF) ...