Raglan Mine (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Raglan Mine is a large nickel mining complex in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec, Canada. It is located approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Deception Bay. It is owned and operated by Toronto, Ontario based Xstrata Nickel (formerly Falconbridge Ltd.), a division of Swiss-based Xstrata plc. The mine site is located in sub-arctic permafrost of the Cape Smith Belt, with an average underground temperature of 15 C (5.0 F). The complex operates the Kattiniq/Donaldson Airport 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the mine site. There is a gravel road leading from the mine site to the seaport on Deception Bay. It is the only road of any distance in the province north of the 55th parallel. As the complex is remote from even the region's Inuit communities, workers must lodge at the mine site, typically for weeks at a time. From the mine site employees are flown to Rouyn-Noranda, or in the case of Inuit employees, their home community. Ore produced from the mine is milled on-site then trucked 100 km (62 miles) to Deception Bay.