Fording battle ends in peace (January 20, 2003)
The heated battle for Calgary-based coal miner Fording (FDG-T) has ended with a truce that would see rival bidders combine their respective metallurgical coal assets under the banner Fording Canadian …
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Cheviot coal mine plan gets government approval
Vancouver — Five years after submiting an environmental impact asssessment, Luscar and joint-venture partner CONSOL Energy Canada have obtained government approval for their Cheviot coal mine project…
Hang up the hard hat . . . Put on an apron
Bugs are important to ecosystems (though we’ll never be fans of blood-sucking mosquitoes and flesh-eating black flies), but are they always more important than people?Environmentalists opposed to the …
Luscar prepares for Cheviot duel — Environmental challenge threatens mine’s future
The battle over the future development of the proposed Cheviot coal mine rages on, slowly. The two combatants are Canada’s largest coal producer, Luscar Coal Income Fund, and a consortium of environme…
EDITORIAL AND OPINION — Alberta coal mine to preserve 450 jobs — Black gold
High-paying jobs are still hard to come by in Canada, no matter how optimistic economists are that better days are just around the corner. So when a resource project comes along with potential to keep…