Customer: ThyssenKrupp BulkTec (China) Ltd.
Owner: Iron Ore Company of Canada
Location: Labrador City, NL, Canada
Material Standard: Chinese GB
Shop Fabrication Code: AISC AWS
Tonnage: 3,736 MT
Duration: Aug.2010~Mar.2011
USSL Project No.: 8953
Project Description:
The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) is a leading Canadian producer of iron ore concentrate and iron ore pellets that serves customers worldwide. The company operates a mine, a concentrator and a pelletising plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as port facilities in Sept-Îles, Quebec. It also operates a 418 kilometre railroad that links the mine to the port. After being processed at the Labrador City operations, the pellets and concentrate are transported on the IOC-owned-and-operated Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railway to our shipping terminal and year-round deep water port in Sept-Îles. The trains can haul up to 23,000 tonnes of ore in 240 cars stretching some 4 kilometres in length. In response to the increased demand for iron ore from traditional and new markets, IOC re-launched its Concentrate Expansion Program (CEP). This increased capacity from 18 million tonnes of iron ore concentrate per year to 22 million by 2013.