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Quest to take mine transport into future

TSX-listed Quest Rare Minerals plans to use advanced airship transport to ferry more than 200,000 tonnes a year of rare earth ore concentrate from 2019 from its proposed C$560 million Strange Lake mine in northern Quebec about 240km to a rail-head for carting to a refinery at Bécancour under a US$850 million, 10-year deal outlined this week.

A fleet of airships could transport concentrate, people and supplies between the Strange Lake mine and Schefferville

A fleet of airships could transport concentrate, people and supplies between the Strange Lake mine and Schefferville

Seven Lockheed Martin LMH-1 heavy-lift cargo Hybrid Airships operated by UK-based Straightline Aviation (SLA) are expected to provide dedicated air services for the transport of ore concentrate, supplies...

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