What We Do - Iron Ore Company of Canada

What We Do

IOC’s operations are integrated across our mine and processing plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador; our port and stockpile in Sept-Iles, Quebec; and the 418-kilometre railway, run by our subsidiary QNS&L, that joins these two centers of our business.

Our Mining Process

IOC's production process begins in the mine with drilling and blasting. The crude ore is loaded into trucks, which dump the material into the loading pockets or into the in-pit crusher located in the Luce pit.

Our Operations

IOC’s operations are integrated across our mine and processing plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador; our port , stockpile and vessel loading facility in Sept-Iles, Quebec; and the 418-kilometre railway, run by QNS&L, a subsidiary of IOC, that joins these two centers of our business. We also have two Operational Logistics Optimization Centres, in Labrador City and Sept-Iles.

Our Products

IOC’s pellets and concentrate are high grade products with world leading low alumina and ultra-low phosphorus, beneficial to the iron & steel industry. IOC pellets are high quality with a clean chemistry, which helps to lower the carbon footprint compared to lower quality grades and forms of iron ore when used in the iron & steel industry.