Coutts said what became clear during their internal site-selection evaluation process was the requirement to find a property that best fits their needs, but also get discussions going on reaching a deal. "Even if we saw the cost advantages with a site, if we couldn't achieve a commercial arrangement with the owner, it negated part of the reason to pick that site." The Sault is touting the industrial lands owned by Essar Steel Algoma, west of the steel plant and just north of what's known as the export dock, run by the Port of Algoma. Timmins offers the Metallurgical Site (Met Site), owned and still operated by Glencore as a concentrator. That site is slated for closure in 2022 when production halts at the Kidd Creek Mine. In selecting two finalists, Coutts wants to "keep the tension in the process so that these owners would be motivated to give us a good deal to use the property."