Iron Ore Company of Canada

Iron Ore Company of Canada (often abbreviated to IOC) (French: Compagnie Minière IOC) is a Canadian-based producer of iron ore. The company was founded in 1949 from a partnership of Canadian and American M.A. Hanna Company.[1] It is now owned by a new consortium,[2] including the Mitsubishi and Rio Tinto corporations. Rio Tinto is the majority shareholder in the venture, with 58.7% of the joint stock as of October 2013.[3] Mitsubishi controlled 26.2% of the investment as of March 2013.[4]

Iron Ore Company of Canada
Private
IndustryMining
Founded(1949) Wilmington, Delaware, United States
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Key people
Clayton Walker , President
ProductsIron ore
Revenue$2.471 Billion US (2011)
OwnerMitsubishi and Rio Tinto
Number of employees
1,900 (2005)
Websitewww.ironore.ca

Based in Montreal, Quebec, IOC currently has mining and concentrator operations in Labrador City, and operates the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway to ship ore concentrate from the mines, such as Wabush, to the port of Sept-Îles, Quebec. Currently, this railway (along with the TSH, CFAQ, and WABL lines) form an isolated railroad network, as it does not interchange with any other rail lines on the North American network.

During 1977 to 1983, the president of the company was Brian Mulroney, who later served as Canadian Prime Minister from 1984 to 1993.

GMD SW1200MG

IOC's Carol Lake mine near Labrador City, Labrador utilizes a small fleet of GMD SW1200MG electric locomotives[5] to haul raw ore from the mine to a processing plant. The short electrified railway is the last remaining electrified cargo railway in Canada.

The cargo trains are unmanned and fully automated, advancing block by block based on the condition of the block of track ahead. The motive power is SW1200 MG single units, each having a single phase AC motor driving the standard EMD traction generator and traction motors. A horn blows every few seconds as a constant warning that the trains are unmanned.[6][7][8]

Notes and references
  1. Hollinger, M.A. Hanna, Labrador Mining, National Republic, Armco, Youngstown and Wheeling-Pittsburg
  2. Mitsubishi Corp., Rio Tinto Limited, LIORIF and IOC Ore Sales Company
  3. FP: "Rio Tinto to complete Iron Ore Company of Canada expansion by mid-2014" 15 Oct 2013
  4. G+M: "Dented by aluminum, Rio Tinto aims to unload Iron Ore Co" 1 Mar 2013
  5. "IOC GMD SW1200MG Technical Leaflet (Fr)" (PDF). epfl.ch. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  6. "The Iron Ore Company of Canada through the Years - Compagnie minière IOC". www.ironore.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  7. "Videos - Compagnie minière IOC". www.ironore.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  8. "Our Operations - Compagnie minière IOC". www.ironore.ca. Retrieved 2019-09-18.

Further reading
  • Geren, Richard (1990). Cain's legacy : the building of Iron Ore Company of Canada. Sept-Îles, Quebec, Iron Ore Company of Canada. (Worldcat link: )


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