Hibbing Taconite




Hibbing Taconite is the largest operating open pit iron ore mine in the
world and was the first open pit mine on the Mesabi Iron Range.  The
mine is more than 6 miles long, 1.5 miles wide and 535 feet deep. Since
1895 more than 1.4 billion tons of earth have been removed on its 3,085
acres of land, and more than 800 million gross tons of iron ore have been
shipped from the mine. At peak production in the 1940's, as much as 1/4
of the ore mined in the United States came from this mine located in
Hibbing, Minnesota.

The Hibbing Taconite mine is owned by Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Mittal Steel
and Stelco Inc.

 Equipment


 Bucyrus International: 295B2.
 Builtrite Handlers: 2100 on an International 7400.
 Caterpillar: D9R, D11N, D11R, 824C, 834H, 988H.
 Dresser|Haulpak: 170, 830E.
 IMT: 7415 on an International 4300.
 Komatsu: WA900, 830E with Westech dump body and Trinity dump
   body.
 LeTourneau: L1350.
 P&H: 120A, 250XP-ST, 2800, 2800XPB.
 Unit Rig|Lectra Haul: MT4400AC, MT4400AC with rubber dump
   body.

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 October 2005