How do you say ‘taconite’ in Arabic?

Minor miner news: WCCO in the Twin Cities did a story about the looming Iron Range economic woes with the temporary idling of most local taconite mines this spring and summer.

Major miner news: Al-Jazeera TV did the same story weeks ago, sending a reporter to Duluth and, from appearances, part of the Iron Range.

(h/t Perfect Duluth Day)

Comments

  1. Good Find!!

  2. Not being snarky here: My favorite part of the report is how the reporter cited Duluth in ‘Northern Minnesota’ as opposed to just ‘Minnesota’. She put her finger on the uniqueness of our region and hopefully has raised awareness among all of the Al Jazeera readers and watchers who though we were exactly like the 612’ers (ok, that was a little snarky).

    Paul

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