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Mesabi Trust Q2 2023 royalty payment totals $5.32M; shipped tons surge to 886K vs 198K YoY
MESABI TRUST
- Base royalty of $3.36M and bonus royalty of $4.03M; net royalty after estimates change reduction of $2.30M was $5.09M to Trust.
- Volume of iron ore pellets shipped/produced at 886,301 tons in Q2 2023, up from 198,495 tons in Q2 2022 after Northshore restart.
- Additional $233,596 paid to Mesabi Land Trust, bringing total Q2 2023 royalty payments from Cliffs to $5.32M.
- Cliffs partially restarted Northshore in April 2023 at less than full capacity; Trust warns of potential future price adjustments.