Phone the IMA office for current statistics, at 218-722-7724.


Minnesota iron mining – our state and our communities depend on it.

Minnesota iron mining is about a whole lot more than millions and millions of tons of taconite pellets.

Here are just some of the benefits of the iron mining industry –not just to Northeastern Minnesota, but to the state as a whole:

  • Nearly 4,000 jobs in the mines and plants,
  • More than $300 million annually in wages and benefits.
  • Hundreds of supplier/vendor businesses in more than 200 communities all across Minnesota that provide products and services.
  • About 12,000 jobs in those supplier/vendor businesses.
  • Approximately $1.2 billion in purchases in 2005.
  • $136 million in taconite production taxes and royalties collected and distributed in 2004.

    Nearly $1.7 billion direct contribution to Minnesota's economy.

    Iron mining remains the economic future of Northeastern Minnesota.