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Taconite pellet conveyor project on the Iron Range

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Taconite plants, pellet lines, and steel operations run on tight windows and heavy structural work. We have been the contractor Iron Range operators call for scrubbers, conveyors, and structural upgrades for decades.

What We Bring

Built for this market

Iron Range work does not stop for weather, and it rarely stops for construction either. Plants are designed to run continuously, which means most of what we build gets built around an operating production line, not instead of one. That is a different discipline than greenfield construction, and it is the one our crews have practiced longest.

  • Structural steel erection and conveyor systems
  • Pellet plant upgrades and scrubber installation
  • Shutdown and turnaround scheduling built around production
U.S. Steel · Minntac U.S. Steel · Keetac Cleveland-Cliffs · Tilden Cleveland-Cliffs · Northshore
Taconite pellet conveyor project on the Iron Range Minntac gallery conveyor rebuild
What Makes This Market Different

The challenges we plan around

Cold-Weather Construction

Structural and civil work engineered and scheduled to hold up through an Iron Range winter, not just a mild-season build.

Continuous Production Pressure

Most upgrades happen around an operating plant, not a shut-down one. Sequencing has to protect the production schedule.

Heavy Structural Loads

Conveyor galleries, scrubbers, and processing structures carry loads that do not tolerate an undersized foundation or a rushed erection sequence.

Proof, Not Promises

Minntac gallery conveyor rebuild

U.S. SteelMountain Iron, Minnesota

A gallery conveyor rebuild at an operating taconite plant, staged and sequenced so pellet production continued through the structural work, then re-tied into the process line on a schedule the plant had already committed to.

Common Questions

Mining & Steel, answered

Yes, cold-weather construction is standard practice for us, not an exception. We schedule and engineer for it.

Yes, conveyor systems, scrubbers, and pellet plant structures are recurring scopes for our mining and steel clients.

We sequence structural and mechanical work in coordination with your operations team, so production is interrupted as little as possible.

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Since 1916

Tell us about your Mining and Steel project.

Fifty-plus documented projects across seven markets. We will tell you where we have done something like it before.

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