IOCC History - Shipping Records 2

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• In October, 1984, a new North American loading record was established when 250,868 tons was loaded onto the Licorne Atlantique with 220,790 tons of concentrate from Labrador City and the remainder from Quebec Iron and Titanium Company in Havre St-Pierre. The same ship set another new record on September 15 of the following year when it left for Japan carrying with 248,810 tons of concentrate.
  
  
• On July 3, 1986, the five hundred millionth ton of iron ore is loaded onto the Cast Caribou.
  
  
• On October 19, 1993, a new North American loading record is established when 255,643 tons of ore was loaded onto the M/V Athesis Ore.
  
  

• On June 13th [2001] at 11:00 AM while loading the CSL Sprint going to Baltimore for Bethlehem Steele, IOCC/QNS&L reached its 500,000,000th tonne of pellets and concentrate produced in Labrador City and shipped from Seven Islands. This laker left Seven Islands on June 14, 2001. (The Dialogue-IOCC's official publication)

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In 1955, The Iron Ore Company of Canada became the largest producer of iron ore in Canada, a position it has maintained to the present. To be able to continue in this position, in October 1998 a major $1.1 billion investment was announced to upgrade all facets of the Carol Lake Project from the mine through to the railway.