Taconite: The Rock That Saved the Industry

When high-grade ore ran out, Minnesota ground low-grade taconite into pellets and kept the steel mills alive — processing plants, taconite trains, ore carriers and dock loaders.

Playlist by @banded_iron_earth

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Iron Ore Processing Documentary. How America Turns 30 Million Tons of Rock Into Steel — YouCanDo TV
2. Making Steel in the U.S. Part 5: Iron Ore Pellets Arriving at the Steel Mill — NKY Railfan
3. Loading Iron Ore at Silver Bay: The H. Lee White Takes a Load of Taconite — NKY Railfan
4. Loading An Ore Ship -The Massive Mesabi Miner- — SD457500
5. Hibbing Taconite 2020 Iron Range Science & Engineering Presentation - Bound to the Ground — Minnesota Discovery Center
6. Taconite Production — Larry Ryan
7. Hibbing Taconite Mining Operations — Plummit0426
8. 07 06 18 Cliffs Northshore Mining — OnTheEdgeInEauClaire
9. The Forgotten Giants of Minnesota's Iron Range — Train Curious
10. Taconite Trains of Minnesota Vol 2 "Change on the Range" — Plets Express
11. The Taconite Capital of the World — Lambo Drives Zambo
12. Reserve Taconite - History Day Documentary — tuomas