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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton has pulled the plug on Essar Steel Minnesota's lucrative mineral leases on the Iron Range and turned to Cliff Natural Resources as a possible developer of the Nashwauk site.

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — The head of Cliffs Natural Resources says idled United Taconite in Eveleth and Forbes will restart in mid-October.