Mesabi Trust: Partial Idle At Hibbing Taconite

  • While Mesabi Trust legal expenses should come down and help the bottom line, the royalty report shows that volumes are down in Q1. Moreover, CLF announced a partial idling at Hibbing Taconite amid tougher market conditions, which should affect MSB royalty attribution. We aren't confident enough about the economy to favor commodity-indexed and cycle-indexed exposures.