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Iron Current situation
Iron ore is the most extracted and produced metal commodity worldwide. Global production in 2019 was 2.4 billion tonnes (Bt) of iron ore compared to 1.3 Bt in 2010. Iron is used in all sectors of the...
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ÉCONOMY
Iron Current situation
Iron ore is the most extracted and produced metal commodity worldwide. Global production in 2019 was 2.4 billion tonnes (Bt) of iron ore compared to 1.3 Bt in 2010. Iron is used in all sectors of the...
Proud of our Iron!
Since the low of 2015, when the price of iron dropped to just under US$40 per tonne, this commodity has been slowly recovering, reaching slightly more than US$120 in July 2019 and ending the year at a...
MINING OPERATION
Iron Quebec’s position in today’s mining environment
Despite the global health situation and the lockdown over these past months related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the current iron market is going through a period of growth. In recent years, mining...
Interview with Bernard Gauthier Port-Cartier Economic Development Corporation
On the North Shore, the municipality of Port-Cartier and the cities of Baie-Comeau and Sept-Îles are among the 16 industrial port areas recognized by the Government of Quebec. Projects are currently...
FOCUS
History and Geology of the Labrador Trough
Iron is one of the most abundant elements on Earth. Many types of mineral deposits contain iron associated with other elements and a wide range of minerals. For example, the iron oxide magnetite...
Labrador Trough Iron Ore in Quebec
Iron (Fe) – a chemical element with atomic number 26, iron is the most common metal and ferromagnetic material used in everyday life, mainly in the form of alloys. Pure iron is a ductile transition...
Labrador Trough Beyond Iron: The Potential for Base Metals in the Labrador Trough
The Labrador Trough, a large geologi-cal entity that roughly runs along the Quebec-Labrador border between the northern end of the Manicouagan Reservoir up to Ungava Bay, is well known for its large...
MINING OPERATION
Geotechnical Engineering in Open Pit Mines
Open pit mining is the most common approach to extracting ore from shallow deposits with appropriate shapes and sizes (Figure 1 a and b). Open pit mines are suitable for a wide range of environments,...
Louis-Philippe Péloquin From Concentrate to Finished Product Transforming Fermont’s iron ore in Hamilton, via Port-Cartier, Contrecœur and Montreal
In 2019, RMI Magazine highlighted the 40-year history of the Port-Cartier pellet plant in its issue on iron (Ressources Mines et Industrie, volume 4, numéro 5). The article covered the plant’s ori-...
ENVIRONMENT
Red Water Treatment
Iron is a ubiquitous element worldwide. It is the fourth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust after oxygen, silica and aluminum, and is also found in water in dissolved and particulate forms....
STUDY AND ANALYSIS
Iron in the Laboratory
Geologists look for iron in many forms to discover economic deposits. Engineers design the best ways to mine it. Metallurgists study and control its chemistry to obtain the highest-quality finished...
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