tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8231037340068853572.post-11428403392129678022008-05-09T07:14:00.003-05:002008-05-09T07:25:21.429-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.aaronjamesbrown.com/range.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 173px;" src="http://www.aaronjamesbrown.com/range.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Wayne Nelson and the writers at <span style="font-style: italic;">Business North</span> do a fine job of covering the economic news of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. This week's edition has a couple of interesting Iron Range stories.<br /><br />First, <a href="http://www.gliq.com/cgi-bin/click?businessnorth+050808-9+050808">this story</a> reviews Essar Global's North American steel ambitions, something I talked about earlier in the week. This is the company that is in the process of buying Minnesota Steel, a proposed mining and steel-making operation on the Iron Range.<br /><br />Then <a href="http://www.gliq.com/cgi-bin/click?businessnorth+050808-5+050808">this story</a> explores how the Iron Range is currently driving the region's manufacturing and service economy in advance of what is still believed to be a potential economic boom.Aaron J. Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840595156757109496noreply@blogger.com