Specifications - Raglan Nickel Copper Mine, Quebec, Canada

Key Data
Producer of	Nickel and copper
Location	Northern Quebec, Canada
Ownership	Xstrata plc (85%)
Geology type	Ultramafic complexes: peridotites and gabbros
Mineral type	Nickel and copper sulphides
Reserve base	14.85Mt grading 2.8% Ni and 0.77% Cu (proven and probable) (2005)
Annual production	934,000t ore; 22,224t nickel; 5,842t copper; 525t cobalt metal (2005)
Mining method	Conventional open pit and mechanised cut-and-fill underground
Processing method	Crushing, grinding and flotation to produce nickel-copper concentrate for smelting and refining elsewhere
Employment	470
Key Equipment
Open pit	Caterpillar haulers
Open pit mining contractor	Kiewit-Nuvumuit joint venture
Ore processing	Svedala filter presses
Construction contractor	Bechtel
Camp construction	Atco Structures
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