• British Columbia | Mining & Energy

    British Columbia is a province with a rich mining history and a wealth of mining potential yet undiscovered. Early mining operations brought gold and coal to the ...

  • Mining in BC | TRCR

    History of Mining Beginning in the mid-1800s, with the coal mines on Vancouver Island and the placer gold camps of the Cariboo, British Columbia has become

  • Coal in British Columbia

    Introduction. Coal in British Columbia is Jurassic and younger in age and varies in rank from lignite to anthracite. It is distributed throughout the province.

  • Fernie, British Columbia - Wikipedia

    Location of Fernie in British Columbia: ... generally tied to the global price of coal. The mines at Coal Creek closed permanently by 1960 and the focus of mining ...

  • british columbia coal mining - miningbmw

    British Columbia - Mining, Oil and Gas Exploration in BC. Mining in British Columbia. The province of British Columbia lies within part of the Canadian Cordillera, a ...

  • Mining - British Columbia

    Sector Snapshot. Mining in British Columbia is thriving. Currently 24 metal and coal mines are in production and numerous significant industrial mineral and aggregate ...

  • Canada and coal - SourceWatch

    British Columbia operates 10 coal mines, Alberta 9, Saskatchewan 3 and New Brunswick one. ... Wikipedia also has an article on Canada and coal.

  • Coal - Energy British Columbia

    British Columbia mines millions of tons of coal, ... meaning the Chinese are increasingly looking to fill the supply gap with imported coal. British Columbia, ...