Company Figure 24 Occupation <strong>Tax</strong> Mine Value and Occupation <strong>Tax</strong> Paid Employment 2009 2010 Production year 1 An automatic seven-month extension is granted if 90 percent of the tax is paid May 1. The exact tax liability for the year will not be known until December 1. * This amount includes both Minntac and Keewatin Taconite. Figure 25 Occupation <strong>Tax</strong> Paid by Company Hibbing Tac $7 $1,141 $1,525 $2,175 $2,260 $5,420 $0 $300 Arcelor-Mittal 35 124 240 130 680 1,137 0 0 National Steel* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northshore 0 41 25 280 832 1,563 340 707 United Tac 0 354 770 151 1,086 2,600 0 2,010 USS - Minntac 1,400 3,104 4,000** 5,000** 5,500** 12,668** 0 9,600 USS - Keetac 0 147 Taconite total $1,442 $4,911 $6,560 $7,736 $10,358 $23,388 $340 $12,617 Mesabi Nugget $- $- $- $- $- $- $- $0 Direct-reduced iron (DRI) total $- $- $- $- $- $- $- $0 Magnetation $- $- $- $- $- $- $- $0 Natural ore total $- $- $- $- $- $- $- $0 34 2010 mine value Occupation tax paid 1 (preliminary) Natural ore totals 30 37 89,581 $5,288,303 $0 2003 (000’s) 2004 (000’s) 2005 (000’s) 2010 tons produced Hibbing Taconite 310 631 5,715,605 $465,566,148 $300,000 Arcelor-Mittal Steel 330 339 2,820,686 225,998,306 0 Northshore 520 575 4,766,315 375,038,899 707,000 USS-Keetac 86 416 4,905,833 390,810,677 USS-Minntac 911 1,264 12,758,854 1,035,090,767 9,600,000* United Taconite 500 499 5,016,273 397,208,477 2,010,000 Taconite totals 2,657 3,724 35,983,566 $2,889,713,274 $12,617,000 Mesabi Nugget Direct-reduced iron (DRI) N/A N/A 73,817 $33,198,250 $0 totals N/A N/A 73,817 $33,198,250 $0 Magnetation 30 37 89,581 $5,288,303 $0 Grand total 2,687 3,761 36,146,964 $2,928,199,827 $12,617,000 2006 (000’s) 2007 (000’s) 2008 (000’s) 2009 (000’s) 2010 (000’s) Total tax paid $1,442 $4,911 $6,560 $7,736 $10,358 $23,388 $340 $12,617 *The former National Steel is now USS-Keewatin Taconite (Keetac). ** USS-Minntac & USS-Keetac file a combined return.
Figure 26 Crude Ore Mined Company 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Hibbing 30,112,137 26,933,580 30,128,712 6,349,651 22,382,563 ArcelorMittal 8,399,603 8,410,874 9,365,603 5,063,436 8,823,871 Northshore 14,673,313 14,726,050 16,088,445 9,347,193 14,822,905 USS-Keetac 19,027,394 18,469,209 16,676,218 98,314 17,222,273 USS-Minntac 49,243,592 46,507,446 50,260,588 25,741,232 46,351,217 United Taconite 13,217,150 15,333,917 14,909,308 11,083,501 15,232,718 Totals: 134,673,189 130,381,076 137,428,874 57,683,327 124,835,547 This section intentionally left blank. 35