Ferrochome plant means jobs aplenty for Sault: Chromite processer will be 'largest single user of power in Ontario,' says Noront executive.

• Date: 01 September 2019
• Author: Helwig, David

The average wage at the Noront Resources ferrochrome processing facility in Sault Ste. Marie will be $108,000, Stephen Flewelling, the company's chief development officer told a Sault audience.

"These are extremely well-paying jobs," Flewelling said in front of a chamber of commerce crowd, July 26.

"The average job that's created in Canada today is about $52,000. In our economic assessment for this plant, the average job is $108,000 a year."

Noront expects to have between 1,000 and 1,500 workers on site during the three years it will take to build the Sault facility, which will eventually employ more than 500 permanent staff.

"Driving the chrome ore down to Nakina, railing it from Nakina to Sault Ste. Marie, producing it...