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A shovel dumps taconite rock into a mining truck. The rock will be driven to the mine's "crusher" building, where it will be pulverized into gravel sized chunks, and eventually processed into taconite pellets. (MPR Photo/Bob Kelleher)

A shovel dumps taconite rock into a mining truck. The rock will be driven to the mine's "crusher" building, where it will be pulverized into gravel sized chunks, and eventually processed into taconite pellets.

(MPR Photo/Bob Kelleher)
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