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  Iron Ore Mining in Canada
  - Overview

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    * Events <#events>
    * News <#news>
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    * Companies and Organisations (18) <#Companies>
    * Directories for Iron Ore Mining in Canada <#Directories>
    * Other Sectors of Mining in Canada (27) <#OtherSectors>
    * Other Countries in North America with Iron Ore Mining Profiles (2)
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    Overview

Canada is the world’s third largest iron ore producer, after Australia
and Brazil. Nearly all of Canada’s iron ore production comes from the
Labrador Trough area in northern Quebec. The country produces a variety
of iron products including pellets, concentrates and sinter of different
grades and qualities. In 2003 iron ore production was estimated at 33.2
Mt compared to 30.9 Mt in 2002.

Iron ore is one of Canada’s single most important mineral products in
terms of both tonnage and value. Since the closure in 1998 of the Algoma
Iron Ore Division near Wawa, Ontario, nearly all of Canada’s iron ore
production has been concentrated in the Labrador Trough, a major
geological belt extending through northern Quebec and Labrador.

Canada's major producer is the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC). Other
major producers are Wabush Mines and Quebec Cartier Mining Company
(QCM), each with a mine in the Labrador Trough. IOC operates a single
open cast mine at Carol Lake near Labrador City, which has proven and
probable reserves of 1 500 Mt grading at an average of 38.6 % iron. All
three companies have capacity to produce 46 Mt per year (IOC and QCM –
20 Mt each and Wabush 6 Mt). QCM has a major shareholder in Brasilian
MBR whose major shareholder is Caemi, one of Brasil's largest iron ore
producers.