Cliffs Chooses Sudbury for Chromite Smelter

Cliffs Natural Resources has announced it will build a 1.8 billion dollar chromite processing facility in Capreol, near Sudbury.

Northern Development and Mines Minister Rick Bartolucci says the new smelter will mean about 900 new jobs for the area, half during construction and the other half when it's operating.

Bartolucci says another 700 direct jobs will be created over and above the mining and spin-off jobs as the development takes advantage of the mining expertise in Sudbury.