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The company made an application to
temporarily suspend the 180-day review
period to submit additional technical
information, and to respond to comments
received by the Environmental Assessment
O—ice, the working group and First Nations.
The mine will replace the company's
gypsum production after economic
reserves of the Elkhorn mine are depleted.
Baymag Inc. conducted exploration
near its Mount Brussilof mine, and
MGX Minerals Inc. continued moving
its Driftwood Magnesite project
forward, with bulk sampling and drilling.
MGX has acquired a mining lease for a
quarry operation, and is moving toward
a preliminary economic assessment.
Voyageur Industrial Minerals Ltd.
drilled at Frances Creek, targeting
a barite breccia vein that it hopes
extends along strike. Heemskirk Canada
Limited continued construction on its
processing plant, which will allow the
company to redevelop the Moberley
Silica mine into a frac sand operation,
and HiTest Sand Inc. continued work
at the Horse Creek Silica quarry.
Eagle Graphite Incorporated continued
work at the Black Crystal flake graphite
project, with e—orts on improving
processing techniques to enhance the
quality of the product and targeting
markets for graphene. Near Grand Forks,
Roxul Inc. continued production from its
Winner and North Fork quarries for raw
materials used at its rock wool plant.
Coal
Mining operations, coal production and
environmental assessment for expansion
plans continue at the five mines in the Elk
Valley operated by Teck Coal Ltd. The main
product is metallurgical coal (85 per cent),
with some thermal and pulverized coal
injection (PCI) coal (15 per cent combined).
Production in 2016 was 27.6 megatonnes of
clean coal, with record annual production
at Elkview and Line Creek, and similar
volumes are expected for 2017.
At Fording River, the Swift project
expansion received environmental
assessment approval in September 2015.
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