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Québec Cartier Mining Company (now called ArcelorMittal Mining Canada) is one of the leading producers of iron ore products in North America.
The company was founded in the late 50's by multiple Canadian and American investors. The first open pit mine was locate in Lac Jeanine. The company then built the town of Gagnon in 1963 to accommodate workers and families. Eighteen years later, the company extended its operations seventy miles north to Fire Lake. In 1973, they started operating in Mont Wright, Quebec, where they created the town of Fermont, Quebec.
At their Mont Wright plant, the company operates an open pit mine and a crusher/concentrator facility capable of producing 14 million metric tonnes of iron ore concentrates annually. The company also operates a pellet plant with an annual production capacity of some nine million metric tonnes of iron ore pellets at Port Cartier.
The falling market forced Quebec Cartier to shut down its Fire Lake and Lac Jeanine plants in the mid 80's. The town of Gagnon was closed and it's population moved to Fermont and Port-Cartier.
Quebec Cartier also owns Cartier Railway, one of the biggest private railroads in Canada. Iron ore is sent from Fermont to Port-Cartier by train on a 400 km railroad.
In 2006, ArcelorMittal - the world's largest steel maker - purchased Quebec Cartier Mines, and in 2011 announced a $2.1 billion expansion of the mine and related facilities. The planned investment will boost concentrate output to 24 million tonnes by 2014, and double pellet production from 9.2 to 18.5 million tonnes. This expansion (whose other components include a second pellet plant at Port Cartier and new railway rolling stock) will create 8000 construction jobs and 900 permanent jobs.
www.arcelormittal.com/minescanada/en/about/operations/M...
The company was founded in the late 50's by multiple Canadian and American investors. The first open pit mine was locate in Lac Jeanine. The company then built the town of Gagnon in 1963 to accommodate workers and families. Eighteen years later, the company extended its operations seventy miles north to Fire Lake. In 1973, they started operating in Mont Wright, Quebec, where they created the town of Fermont, Quebec.
At their Mont Wright plant, the company operates an open pit mine and a crusher/concentrator facility capable of producing 14 million metric tonnes of iron ore concentrates annually. The company also operates a pellet plant with an annual production capacity of some nine million metric tonnes of iron ore pellets at Port Cartier.
The falling market forced Quebec Cartier to shut down its Fire Lake and Lac Jeanine plants in the mid 80's. The town of Gagnon was closed and it's population moved to Fermont and Port-Cartier.
Quebec Cartier also owns Cartier Railway, one of the biggest private railroads in Canada. Iron ore is sent from Fermont to Port-Cartier by train on a 400 km railroad.
In 2006, ArcelorMittal - the world's largest steel maker - purchased Quebec Cartier Mines, and in 2011 announced a $2.1 billion expansion of the mine and related facilities. The planned investment will boost concentrate output to 24 million tonnes by 2014, and double pellet production from 9.2 to 18.5 million tonnes. This expansion (whose other components include a second pellet plant at Port Cartier and new railway rolling stock) will create 8000 construction jobs and 900 permanent jobs.
www.arcelormittal.com/minescanada/en/about/operations/M...
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