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Iron ore shipment numbers lowest since 1938

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Some depressing numbers– with shades of the Great Depression — were released this week about the 2009 Great Lakes iron ore cargo shipment.At 31-million tons total, that figure is the lowest since 1938.Mike Simonson reports from Superior…

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