{"id":2323,"date":"2016-05-06T19:15:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T19:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2016-05-06T19:15:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T19:15:19","slug":"400-workers-return-to-northshore-mining-in-silver-bay-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/400-workers-return-to-northshore-mining-in-silver-bay-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"400 workers return to Northshore Mining in Silver Bay Minnesota."},"content":{"rendered":"

SILVER BAY, Minn. – More than 400 workers at Cliffs Natural Resources<\/a>‘ Northshore Mining are back on the job – the first major callback of workers in several months on northern Minnesota’s Iron Range.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar was on hand to welcome more than 400 workers at Cliffs Natural Resources’ Northshore Mining as they returned to the job after a long layoff. (Photo: Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s press office)<\/p><\/div>\n

Cliffs Natural Resources announced in November it was temporarily shutting down Northshore’s taconite mine in Babbitt and processing plant in Silver Bay amid a global steel industry slump. Government leaders and industry officials blame the more than 2,000 Iron Range layoffs over the past year on cheap subsidized Chinese steel dumped on U.S. markets.<\/p>\n

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar toured the facility in Silver Bay Thursday and met with workers. WDIO-TV\u00a0reports Klobuchar says success cannot be declared until every employee returns to work.<\/p>\n

United Taconite is expected to restart later this year.<\/p>\n