The Vietnam-
China Minerals and Metallurgical Company has started
construction work on the infrastructure at Vietnam's second largest
iron ore mine, Quy Sa Van Ban, which is located in the country's northern province of Lao Cai.
The mine, with a
production capacity of 1.5-3 million metric tons of
iron ore a year, is scheduled to start operations in the first quarter of 2008.
Quy Sa Van Ban
iron ore mine is considered to be very crucial to Vietnam's steel industry.