Labrador Iron Mines resumes full-scale operations at Schefferville

Toronto, Ontario-based iron ore producer Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (LIM) has announced that full-scale operations have resumed at Schefferville after a five-day blockade was removed at the end of last week. Last week, local residents blocked the road access from the town of Schefferville to LIM's mining operations in Labrador, protesting against the Quebec government's Plan Nord to develop natural resources in the northern part of the province. 
 
According to LIM's statement, during the blockade operations were minimally impacted as LIM continued to load trains and transport iron ore to Port of Sept-Îles. Full-scale mining operations will now ramp up to a full production rate over the next few days.
 
There has been no impact to the company's 2012 saleable production target of 2 million mt of iron ore.