Fire Lake Mine

The open-pit mine at Fire Lake, located 55 kilometres south of the Mont-Wright Mining Complex, is an additional deposit now worked because of the high demand for iron ore products. The mine operates solely between May and October, when the ground thaws.

The Fire Lake mine site has neither a crusher nor a concentrator, though the extraction sequence is the same as at Mont-Wright. All crude ore from Fire Lake is transported to Mont-Wright by train, over the rail link that connects Fire Lake to the main railway line.

At Mont-Wright, the ore is carried to the crusher and broken up into fragments some 20 centimetres in diameter. The fragmented ore is then carried to the concentrator, where it is goes through the regular concentration process.