•  Media Releases  •

• State, Federal Governments Accept EIS, Issue Permits for Minnesota Steel
  September 4, 2007
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• ESSAR Global to Acquire Minnesota Steel; Invest USD 1.65 Billion to Build an Integrated Steel Plant
  April 18, 2007
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• Minnesota Steel Environmental Impact Statements Ready for Public Review and Comment
  February 13, 2007
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• State's Largest Land Exchange Supports Minnesota Steel Project
  December 20, 2006
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• Minnesota Steel Locks in Low-Cost Natural Gas Transport
  December 4, 2006
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  Minneapolis Firm Invests in Minnesota Steel
  August 16, 2006
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• Minnesota Steel Enters into Exclusive, $600 Million Agreement for DRI/Steel Plant
  July 19, 2006
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• "Minnesota Steel Appoints Lazard Freres Its Investment Banker"
  February 8, 2006
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• "Minnesota Steel Launches Web Site
  Public invited to learn more about $1.6 billion project"
  October 3, 2005
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• "Minnesota Steel Reaches Another Key Milestone with State & Federal Environmental Agencies' Review of $1.6 Billion Project"
  August 8, 2005
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•  News Stories•

• Iron Range's new steel plant deal is sealed (42 kb)
  Dee DePass, Star Tribune
  October 25, 2007
   
• Essar Global Completes Minnesota Acquisition (15 kb)
  Essar Press Release
  October 24, 2007
   
• Indian Firm Buys Minnesota Steel; will build steel plant (34 kb)
  Lee Bloomquist, Duluth News Tribune
  October 23, 2007
   
• Two Big OKs for Nashwauk Project (13 kb)
  Dee DePass, Star Tribune
  September 04, 2007
     
• Draft of environmental study for Minnesota Steel released by DNR (18 kb)
  Melissa Cox
  Monday, February 12, 2007
   
• Plan calls for integrated steel plant in Nashwauk (32 kb)
  Dee DePass, Star Tribune
  November 6, 2006
   
• Managing Change: Ore-Based Steelmaking with a Twist
  A home-grown answer to the shortfall in semi finished?
  Minnesota Steel reshuffles the deck and lays its bet on slab
  (PDF, 914 kb)
  American Metal Market
  June 19, 2006
   
• MN Steel would bring millions of dollars and thousands of jobs to the area
  Marie Nitke, Herald-Review
  19 May 2006
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• Merchant slab project in Minnesota gets financing boost
  Steel Business Briefing
  14 February 2006
   
• Minnesota Steel Seeking Funds for New Mill
  American Metal Market
  13 February 2006
   
• Investment banker chosen for new Range mine, steel mill
  MPR website news release
   
• Minnesota Steel banker is appointed
  By Melissa Cox, Mesabi Daily News
  10 February 2006 (Friday)
  Link to news site: http://www.virginiamn.com/mdn/index.php?sect_rank=1&story_id=205624
   
• Minnesota Steel goes online
  by Melissa Cox, The Daily Tribune
  17 October 2005 (Monday)
   
• Minnesota Steel project aims to replace imported slabs
  Excerpt from Steel Business Briefing Newsletter
  10 October 2005
   
• Minnesota shifting gear to produce slab
  by Jim Leonard, American Metal Market
  06 October 2005
   
• “Update given on MSI project. Chisholm officials feel project will help entire Central Range”
  Hibbing Tribune 9/9/05
  Available at this website: http://www.hibbingmn.com/dailytribune/index.php?story_id=207040
   
• “Residents address project officials about air, noise and waste issues”
  Hibbing Tribune 8/11/05
  Available at this website: http://www.hibbingmn.com/dailytribune/index.php?story_id=206749
   
• “Minnesota Steel gets support”
  Hibbing Tribune 7/28/05
  Available at this website: http://www.hibbingmn.com/dailytribune/index.php?story_id=206017
   
• “Update given on DRI project”
  Hibbing Tribune 7/20/05
  Available at this website: http://www.hibbingmn.com/dailytribune/index.php?story_id=205452
   
• “Minnesota iron and steel project advances”
  Steel Business Briefing 4/22/05 (www.steelbb.com)
  Full article...(12 kb)
   
• “Exec sees 'window of opportunity' for minimill”
  Duluth News Tribune 1/29/05
  Full article... (19 kb)
   
• “Iron Range steel mill gets new life”
  Duluth News Tribune 12/15/04
  Full article... (19 kb)

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