Tata Steel's Canadian facility to start operations by month end.

Tata Steel's arm in Canada is expected to commission later this month its integrated all-weather iron ore processing facility near its mine site in the North American country.

Tata Steel Minerals, Canada (TSMC), the 80 per cent Tata Steel-owned operating entity, said it expected to start operations at the processing unit this month. The main integrated unit, a key part of its direct shipping ore project, would produce fines and pellets for use in Tata Steel's European operations.

Situated within the licence area in sub-arctic eastern Canada, the unit at its peak capacity would process 6 million tonnes of iron ore a year.

In a posting on its website, Rajesh Sharma, CEO and MD TSMC, said the main processing facility is expected to be commissioned by March 2015.


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