LARGE INDUSTRIES

Sept-Îles is a shipping hub for high purity iron ore from the Labrador Trough and premium aluminum.

• Leading producer of iron ore in Canada

• Transshipment site in Sept-Îles

• Owner of the federally regulated QNS&L railway, linking the Labrador Trough to port facilities in Sept-Îles

• 100% Quebec-based company

• Ore transiting through Sept-Îles (via the QNS&L railway) to be shipped around the world

• Mining company based in Minnesota

• Ore transiting through Sept-Îles
  (via the QNS&L railway) to be shipped around the world

• Major world producer of steel

• Ore transiting through Sept-Îles (via the QNS&L railway) to be shipped around the world

• Leading-edge facilities and equipment for handling natural resources

• Shipping hub with railway infrastructure

• Access to the Port of Sept-Îles multiuser dock, able to accommodate the largest bulk cargo carriers (300,000 t)

ALUMINUM

• Largest aluminum smelter in America (in terms of production capacity)

• Owned by a five-partner international consortium: Rio Tinto (Canada), AMAG Austria Metall (Austria), Hydro Aluminum (Norway), Investissement Québec (Canada), and Marubeni Metals & Minerals (Japan)

ENERGY

• Ten hydroelectric generating stations in the vicinity

• Access to liquefied natural gas

SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SME)

• Over 250 SMEs specialized in the industrial sector

• A sense of solidarity and complementarity between SMEs and large companies

• Excellent ability to adapt to meet the needs of the sector (innovation)

• Business incubator | Centre d’entrepreneuriat et valorisation des innovations de Sept-Îles (CEVI)

FISHING

• Major regional fishing harbour in terms of landed value ($14 M)1

• Very diversified aquatic fauna

• Direct involvement of Indigenous populations (knowledge| sustainable resource management) | Agence Mamu Innu Kaikusseht (AMIK)

• Processing industry (UMEK)

• Winter storage yard for boats

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1. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, “Key Ports and Marine Sectors in Quebec by Landed Value”, 2019

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