Chemin de fer de la Rivière Romaine
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The Chemin de fer de la Rivière Romaine (CFRR) links Havre-Saint-Pierre to the massive ilmenite
(titane iron) to lake Tio. The mineral is then shipped to Sorel-Tracy using the St. Lawrence river. The railroad was created in 1949. This railroad is owned and operated by QIT-Fer et Titane
, which is a subdivision of the Anglo-Australian company Rio Tinto
.
Ilmenite
Ilmenite is a weakly magnetic titanium-iron oxide mineral which is iron-black or steel-gray. It is a crystalline iron titanium oxide . It crystallizes in the trigonal system, and it has the same crystal structure as corundum and hematite....
(titane iron) to lake Tio. The mineral is then shipped to Sorel-Tracy using the St. Lawrence river. The railroad was created in 1949. This railroad is owned and operated by QIT-Fer et Titane
QIT-Fer et Titane
QIT-Fer et Titane is a Canadian mining company located in Quebec. The company operates an ilmenite mine at Lac Tio in northern Quebec, and in southern Quebec operates refining facilities that produce titanium dioxide, pig iron, steel, and other metal products...
, which is a subdivision of the Anglo-Australian company Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto Group
The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...
.
External links
- http://www.qit.com/fr/index.asp