Hibbing Taconite hit with more layoffs

Hibbing Taconite hit with more layoffs

HIBBING — More layoffs are coming for a partially idled Iron Range taconite mine and pellet plant. Come Feb. 1, an additional 45 Hibbing Taconite Co. workers — 37 hourly and eight salaried — will be out of work, Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commissioner Ida Rukavina wrote in a newsletter Monday. Last spring, Hibtac's majority owner, Cleveland-Cliffs, curbed production at the facility and laid off about 250 of its approxi…