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Howse Project

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
Study CompletedFeasibility
StageConstruction
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotTata Steel Minerals Canada (TSMC) operates the Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) Timmins Facility. The facility consists of several open pit mining properties, a processing plant and supporting infrastructures. The facility mines and processes raw iron ore product which is railed from the site to port facilities in Sept-Iles, Quebec, and shipped onward to customers for production of steel and other related products.

The Howse Project is a large open pit iron ore mining property. The Project includes construction, operation, rehabilitation and closure of an open pit mine.

The Project underwent the Federal environmental assessment, and final approval was received via the Decision Statement issued on June 29, 2018, by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC).

TSMC commenced the construction of the Howse Project on February 23, 2025.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Government of Canada 18 % Indirect
Tata Group 82 % Indirect
Incorporated in 2010, Tata Steel Minerals Canada Ltd. (TSMC) is a partnership between Tata Steel (77.68%), the Québec government (18%) and New Millennium Iron Corp. (4.32%).

In December 2020, New Millennium Iron Corp. completed a reorganization that included the sale of its stake in Tata Steel Minerals Canada Ltd. and the buyback of shares held by the Tata Steel Group. Following this, NML merged with Abaxx Technologies Inc. through a reverse takeover.

Deposit type

  • Iron formation hosted

Summary:

The DSO deposits were derived from the iron-bearing sediments of the Sokoman Formation and Ruth Formation. The ores, comprising blue and red hematite with goethite and limonite, were formed by the leaching of the gangue minerals such as chert, silicates and carbonates. Of the 22 different deposits that constitute the Project, ten selected deposits were drilled in 2008 and 2009. Drilling yielded 64.1 million tonnes of proven and probable reserves. There are 11.75 million tonnes of inferred resources remaining. In addition, about 40 million tonnes of historical resources will be drilled to expand the resource base.

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Comminution

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* According to 2025 study.

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