Location | |
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Location | Nunavik |
Province | Quebec |
Country | Canada |
Coordinates | 61°41′15″N 073°40′41″W / 61.68750°N 73.67806°W |
Production | |
Products | Nickel Copper Cobalt |
History | |
Opened | 1997 |
Owner | |
Company | Glencore |
Website | [1] |
Raglan Mine is a large nickel mining complex in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec, Canada. It is located approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Deception Bay. Discovery of the deposits is credited to Murray Edmund Watts in 1931 or 1932. It is owned and operated by Glencore Canada Corporation. The mine site is located in sub-arctic permafrost of the Cape Smith Belt, with an average underground temperature of −15 °C (5 °F).[1]