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entered the pre-application stages of
environmental assessment in 2013.
Magnesite is produced by Baymag
Inc. at the Mount Brussilof mine from
Cambrian carbonate rocks, and MGX
Minerals Inc. continued drilling at its
Driftwood Magnesite project. MGX
has applied for a mining lease for a
quarry operation and has entered into
agreements to acquire a site to construct
a processing facility in Cranbrook.
Heemskirk Canada Ltd. continued
construction of a hydraulic fracturing
sand-processing plant at its Moberley
silica mine.
Phosphate is being targeted in the
Rocky Mountain foreland belt by HiBrix
Manufacturing Inc. at its Cro project.
Eagle Graphite Corp. continued
exploration drilling at the Black Crystal
flake-graphite quarry and is focusing its
efforts on improving processing tech-
niques at the plant to enhance the prod-
uct quality.
COAL
Mining operations, coal production and
environmental assessment for expan-
sion plans continue at the five mines in
the Elk Valley operated by Teck Coal
Limited. The main product is metallur-
gical coal (85 per cent), with some ther-
mal and pulverized coal injection coal (15
per cent combined). Production from the
Elk Valley in 2014 was 26.5 megatonnes
of clean coal. In 2015, Teck Coal Limited
implemented rotating shutdowns in
order to align production and inventory
with weaker commodity prices. Expected
KOOTENAY-BOUNDARY
Drilling to set blast holes at
Baymag Inc.'s Mount Brussilof
magnesite mine.
