Council in Thunder Bay, Ont. will consider motion to support ferrochrome processing plant

City council in Thunder Bay, Ont. will consider a motion on Monday night to support the location of aFerrochromeProcessing Plant in the northwestern Ontario city.

JoeVirdiarmo, the chair of the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, said having the processing plant in Thunder Bay isa goal that has beenincluded in the Mining Readiness Strategy astrategy that was developed with the Fort William First Nation and the City of Thunder Bay Community Economic Commission.

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The planned Ferrochrome Process Plant would process chromite extracted from the Ring of Fire.

According to a written release on Monday, in 2011 City Council supported the efforts of Cliffs Resources in this matter and more recently they supporteda successful CEDC application to the province to help develop an investment proposal forNoront Resources to attract the plant to the city.

Virdiramo added that an expression of support from the city would be a positive addition to that proposal as the economic impact of having the processing plantwould benefit not only Thunder Bay and Fort William First Nation but also the northwestern Ontario region.