Either I, or the author is a bit confused about the time lines.

<Construction at Eagle's Nest, which features a "small but high-grade deposit," would take three years, he said, and it will be five years before "you see any concentrate leaving that area and heading toward Sudbury.">

I had only seen actual construction time for Eagle to be only 2 years, assuming the road would exist during construction.

And concentrate production 5 years from begining of construction of mine? Seems too long for me. So what would be happening during the last 3 years of the 5? Concentrator construction? Hardly imho.

On the other hand, what optimism:

<Construction for a ferrochrome facility would start in 2020 and take about five to seven years to complete, assuming approvals, including deals with nearby First Nations, are in place in time.>

Start in 2020, really? I think Eagle's mine was to be originally completed in 2016.

I would not start constructing the ferrochrome facility without being sure that transportation of ore to the facility will be available by completion time of facility.

Looks to me like this author is depreciating Eagle but pumping chromite. Ed.