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Tilden
Mine |
JAMAR
COMPANY- UPPER PENINSULA DIVISION WORKS ON PRECIPITATOR
REBUILD PROJECTS AT TILDEN MINE
Jamar Company is working on two large precipitator rebuild projects at the Tilden
Mine in Ishpeming. The first outage started January 2006 and the second outage
started February 2006.
Tilden's operations began in the early 1970s, with the mine shipping its first
pellets in 1974. Since then the Tilden Mine has doubled production. |
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Taconite Pellets |
What
is Taconite?
Taconite is a silica-rich iron ore that is considered to
be a low-grade deposit. It is crushed into very small pieces
and then ground into a fine powder. The
iron ore is separated from the taconite using magnetism. The taconite powder
with the iron in it is called concentrate. The concentrate is rolled into marble-sized
balls which are dried and heated to create taconite pellets.
 The
taconite pellets are loaded into ore ships on Lake Superior and sent
to Gary, Indiana, Cleveland, Ohio and other steel-making towns. The
steel mills melt the taconite pellets into steel for use in construction,
automobiles and many other products.
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