Champion ramps up Bloom Lake activity, first train to roll by March

Activities are ramping up at the Bloom Lake mine, in near Fermont, Quebec, with preparations well under way towards the ultimate goal of sending off the first fully laden train of iron-ore by the end of February, or early March. “The highlights have been coming thick and fast this year,” Champion and QIO executive chairperson and CEO Michael O’Keeffe tells Mining Weekly Online in a recent interview.