Sudbury, Ontario has been home to Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (Sudbury INO) since 1928.
These operations include exploration, one underground mine (Fraser Mine), Strathcona Mill and the Sudbury Smelter, which are all located in the Sudbury basin. The Strathcona Mill receives ore from Fraser Mine as well as third-party custom feed ores. The Sudbury Smelter processes the nickel-copper concentrate as well as custom feed materials to produce a nickel matte, which is sent to port facilities in Quebec City, and from there to Glencore’s Nikkelverk refinery in Norway.
Sudbury INO in numbers - 2023 (C$ unless otherwise specified)
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2
underground mines
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1
mill
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1
smelter
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1
mine project in development
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2,400
directly employed (permanent employees & contractors)
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4
working relationships with Indigenous communities
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$650M
wages and operations spend
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$274M
in capital investment
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Sudbury INO production numbers – 2024
| Nickel Rim South Mine | 320,160 ore tonnes mined |
| Fraser Mine | 553,033 ore tonnes mined |
| Craig Mine | 72,182 ore tonnes mined |
| Strathcona Mill | 1,025,997 ore tonnes milled 7,530 tonnes nickel in concentrate 7,154 tonnes copper in concentrate |
| Sudbury Smelter | 62,251 tonnes nickel in matte 13,720 tonnes copper in matte |