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Mineral and Coal Exploration - Province of British Columbia
British Columbia has vast reserves of coal and minerals such as copper, gold, silver and molybdenum. The goal of mineral and coal exploration is to locate large, high-grade
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Mineral Exploration Mining - Province of British Columbia
Learn more about mineral exploration and mining statistics, directives, alerts, incident information, legislation, policies, reports and publications. Explore Within. General
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Assessment Reports - Province of British Columbia
COALFILE is the collection of assessment reports and data from coal exploration and development properties across British Columbia. Coal assessment reports have a
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Exploration and mining in the Southeast Region, British Columbia
There are no metals mines operating in the Southeast Region of British Columbia. 3.2. Coal mines. Coal remains British Columbia’s most valuable mined commodity with
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B.C. coal mines' economic impact was overstated to
2023.3.9 B.C. coal mines' economic impact was overstated to gain environmental review approval, study says Environmental impact assessment did not protect wildlife habitat, study says; mining group says...
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When will steel go green? How B.C. coal fuels one of the highest ...
2021.11.12 Mining giant Teck Resources, which runs the four coal mines in southeast B.C., says three of them have reserves that could last more than 28 years —
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Government of Canada Releases Final Decision on the Sukunka
2022.12.21 After careful deliberation, the Government of Canada has determined the significant adverse environmental effects of the proposed Sukunka Coal Mine Project, an
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British Columbia Mineral and Coal Exploration Survey
state of the mineral and coal exploration sector in British Columbia (BC). Data and analysis presented in this report are for the period 1 January through 31 December 2019
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B.C. coal mines' economic impact was overstated to
2023.3.9 A new study based on three B.C. coal mines says the economic benefits from the projects, used to justify their approval during the environmental review process, were "significantly overestimated."
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British Columbia Mine Information
Fast Facts about the Mining Industry in British Columbia. $8.8 B 2019 Production Value of Mining [Natural Resources Canada Preliminary Estimate] $422.7 M 2020 Industry Mineral Exploration Spending [British Columbia Mineral and Coal Exploration Survey] 16 Number of environmental assessment applications for mining projects in progress.
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From Canadian Coal Mines, Toxic Pollution That
2019.4.1 Massive open-pit coal mines in British Columbia are leaching high concentrations of selenium into the Elk River watershed, damaging fish populations and contaminating drinking water. Now this
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Top active mines in British Columbia Mining Energy
2019.7.9 Quinsam Mine. Location: Campbell River, B.C. Owner: Quinsam Coal Corporation. Annual production: 50,000 tonnes of thermal coal. After a closure lasting several months, the Quinsam operation was reopened in 2017. It produces thermal coal via an underground mine. These are some of the most prominent mines operating actively in
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British Columbia exploration sector hits 10-year expenditure high
2023.3.6 Grassroots and early-stage projects received 78% more funding. Released at the Prospectors Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention in Toronto, the seventh annual British Columbia mineral and coal exploration survey found that exploration spending across the province hit $740m, surpassing the previous 10-year
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Glencore makes cash swoop for Teck Resources’ coal business
2023.6.12 Teck’s coal business, which includes four metallurgical coal mines in Canada’s British Columbia, previously had an implied valuation of just over C$11bn (US$8.2bn) as part of an investment ...
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Home - BCRMA
This unique collaboration aims to promote British Columbia’s mining opportunities internationally, ... Total metal, industrial mineral and coal exploration expenditures in B.C. are estimated at $740.4 million in 2022, up 12% from 2021. Upcoming Events AME Roundup 2024. January 22, ...
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An Overview of Coal Mining in the Elk Valley - ArcGIS StoryMaps
2022.5.2 There are approximately 21.9 billion tonnes of potentially mineable coal reserves in the province of British Columbia. Currently, 7 operating open pit coal mines in southeastern and northeastern BC produce between 25 - 30 million tonnes of coal per year, representing approximately 42.7%, or $3.97 billion, of the Provinces’ mining revenues.
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List of coal mines in Canada - Wikipedia
List of coal mines in Canada. According to the Coal Association of Canada, there are 24 permitted coal mines throughout Canada, 19 of which currently operate. The vast majority of the country's coal deposits can be found in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. [1] [2]
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Tracing Mining’s Threat to U.S. Waters - The New York Times
2023.7.11 Elkview Operations, one of Teck Resources’s metallurgic coal mines in British Columbia. Scientists believe byproducts from Teck’s mines are harming fish, birds and waterways.
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BC mineral and coal exploration expenditure records near 10-year
2022.4.12 The latest British Columbia Mineral and Coal Exploration Survey finds exploration spending across the province totalled $660m in 2021, achieving a record high since spending peaked in 2012 at $681m. The total number of exploration projects and expenditure per project were also up 16% and 34%, respectively. This uptick was
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Coal Mining in British Columbia - EnergyBC
British Columbia has a long history of coal mining that goes back to the first years of settlement by Europeans. A region rich in minerals and coal, mining has always played an important role in the provincial economy.
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Assessment Reports - Province of British Columbia
COALFILE is the collection of assessment reports and data from coal exploration and development properties across British Columbia.. Coal assessment reports have a confidential status for three years from the date of submission. Specific types of information are kept confidential indefinitely; described in detail in Section 2 of the Regulation.
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Regional scale selenium loading associated with surface coal mining ...
2015.11.1 Regional scale selenium loading associated with surface coal mining, Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada Sci Total Environ. 2015 Nov 1;532:791-802. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.040. ... British Columbia, Canada, aimed at informing effective management responses. Results indicate that waste rock volume, ...
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Coal company Teck fined $60M for contaminating rivers in ... - CBC
2021.3.26 A Canadian coal-mining company faces the largest fine imposed under the Fisheries Act after pleading guilty to contaminating waterways in southeastern British Columbia. Teck Coal, a subsidiary of ...
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Coal in British Columbia - EnergyBC
Coal in British Columbia, which is Jurassic or younger in age, varies in rank from lignite to anthracite and is distributed through out the province. There is estimated to be an ultimate coal resource available for surface or shallow underground mining of over 20 billion tonnes in the province. The coal resource to a depth of 2000 metres that ...
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Mineral and Coal Exploration - Province of British Columbia
British Columbia has vast reserves of coal and minerals such as copper, gold, silver and molybdenum. The goal of mineral and coal exploration is to locate large, high-grade reserves with minimal disturbance to the ground and the environment. Technological advances, including GPS surveying, airborne technologies and down-hole seismic
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When will steel go green? How B.C. coal fuels one of the highest ...
2021.11.12 British Columbia When will steel go green? ... A coal mining operation in Sparwood, B.C., in a file photo from November 2016. B.C.'s metallurgical coal industry powers the production of steel.
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Government of Canada Releases Final Decision on the Sukunka Coal
2022.12.21 The Sukunka Coal Mine Project is one of several mining projects proposed in British Columbia over the last decade, with nine such projects currently undergoing a federal review. Many mining projects have been approved in B.C. under the federal assessment process, including the Brucejack Gold Mine Project (2015), the
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Mine Permitting - Province of British Columbia
The Mines Act regulates all mining activities in British Columbia – from early exploration to development, production, reclamation, closure, and post-closure. A permit must be in place before any work in, on, or about a mine can occur. Permits are issued by the Chief Permitting Officer under section 10 of the Mines Act, and are administered ...
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