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Skillings Mining Review Vol 93 #2 2004 February Great Lakes Shipping
Skillings Mining Review Vol 93 #2 2004 February Great Lakes Shipping
Skillings is published monthly. Cover, An Early November storm on Lake Superior covers the forward mast of the my.
Burns Harbor with a layer of ice. Photo by Patrick Lapinski
Contents
FEATURE ARTICLES
Summary of the Lake Superior and Michigan Ore Loading Facilities,
by Patrick C. Dorin 5
Cleveland-Cliffs Plans to Reopen Taconite Harbor in 2005, by Larry Fortner8
MN Taxpayers Association Recommends $380 M Iron Range Trust Fund,
by Ivan Hohnstadt 11
Great Lakes Fleet: Then and Now, by Patrick Lapinski 15
Advertisers 8
?IRON ORE
Cliffs Reduces Tonnage Estimates at Two Mines 16
CVRD/Arcelor Set 2004 Carajas Iron Ore Fines Prices 21
Rio Tinto Reaches Iron Ore Price Settlement With Nippon 27
?STEEL
US Raw Steel Production 17
Nucor/Harris Steel Form Joint Venture 19
Severstal Completes Asset Purchase of Rouge 20
Stelco Wins Ontario Court Protection 20
Weirton Details Temporary Production Curtailments, Workforce Reductions 27
WCI Steel Implements Cost-Cutting Measures 28
GOLD
Newmont Moves Up Production Date at NV Gold Project 7
Barrick in Strategic Agreement with Russian Gold Giant 23
Newmont/Placer Finalize Turquoise Ridge JV 26
Barrick Produces 5.51 M Oz Gold in 2003 28
PGMS
North American Palladium Continues to Improve Mill Throughput, Enters exploration
JV with Inco Ltd. 26
Franconia Acquires Additional Minn. PGM Property 28
COAL
Peabody Achieves Record 2003 Wyoming Coal Shipment Tonnage 31
?ALUMINUM
Alcoa Buys Remaining 65% of French Smelter 16
FINANCE
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Reports 40 2003 Income Drop 16
Oglebay Norton Misses Feb. 2 Bond Interest Payment 20
SHIPPING/TRANSPORTATION
Poor Weather Closes Duluth-Superior Port, by Gail Rosenquist 21
Speer Dislodged from St. Mary Ice at Soo, by Gail Rosenquist 22
Great Lakes/Seaway Security Measures Implemented 23
Mv. Burns Harbor: A Tale of Two Captains, by Patrick Lapinski 24
2004 Duluth/Superior Winter Berthing Schedule 25
Seaway Closes 2003 Navigation Season 25
Canadian National Riding High 26
?OTHER
New Fraser Institute Survey Released 10
Committee to Look at Minnesota's Mining Potential 10
Mexico to Supply Money for Small Domestic Mines 28
?DEPARTMENTS
Coming Events 31
Metal/Ore Prices 14
Nuggets of News 14
Obituary: JOHN 0. GREENWOOD 1935-2004 3
Personal Mention 18
Trade Notes 31
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