HibTac To Start Trucking Taconite Pellets To Superior Dock; One Hundred Trucks A Day Will Replace Rail As Cliffs Natural Resources Method Of Transportation
Get ready to see a lot of taconite pellets over the next few months. Cliffs Natural Resources, which operates HibTac on the Iron Range announced that they will begin shipping their taconite pellets to the Allouez Dock in Superior by truck. An estimated 100 trucks a day - operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week will replace train cars, the usual method of shipping these pellets.