2021year9month13day · The recent poll found 77 per cent of Albertans were concerned about the potential impact of coal mining on rivers and water in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes. The poll
Read More
2 天之前 · In 2021. Subbituminous coal no longer comprises the bulk of coal production in Alberta, but it still accounted for nearly half of the total marketable coal production in
Read More
2021year8month17day · The Kenney government reluctantly created Alberta’s Coal Policy Committee after it initiated a political scandal by abruptly rescinding long-standing coal development rules in 2020 without public
Read More
2022year3month9day · ’s eastern slopes. There are also lingering questions about the government’s commitment to maintaining the ban on new coal mines. The government
Read More
2020year12month20day · Photo: Callum Gunn. It all began when Alberta’s United Conservative Party government rescinded a decades-old policy that
Read More
2020year10month9day · Between 2003 and 2013, Australia — much like Alberta — experienced one of the world’s largest mining booms to supply growing Asian markets with steel-making coal, thermal coal and iron ore ...
Read More
2021year2month20day · The Alberta coal policy, said Yellowstone to Yukon’s Locke, stemmed from the “massive review of how to manage the eastern slopes” in the early 1970s. And with
Read More
2021year7month10day · A bird’s eye view of coal leases on the eastern slopes of Alberta’s Rockies. Locals and advocates worry the myriad industrial pressures facing the eastern slopes put
Read More
2023year3month22day · Coal mining in our headwaters puts this water source at risk. The Eastern Slopes provide habitat for many of Alberta’s iconic wildlife species, including species at
Read More
2021year2month12day · 9 things that haven’t changed since Alberta’s about-face on coal mining policy. The United Conservative Party was backed into a corner on its decision to open
Read More
2022year3month5day · CALGARY, Alberta, March 4 (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Alberta is expanding restrictions on all new coal exploration and development activities on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains ...
Read More
2020year12month15day · A “coal rush” in the province could see at least six new or expanded open-pit coal mines built up and down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, mostly by Australian companies.
Read More
2021year11month10day · Provincial affairs reporter Tom Vernon explains – Nov 11, 2021. Coal mining on environmentally sensitive slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains wouldn’t be an overall benefit to the province, a ...
Read More
2022year3month4day · 2:00 Alberta government to extend pause on Rocky Mountain coal mines. WATCH: A year after it was established, Alberta's coal policy committee has presented its long-awaited recommendations to the ...
Read More
2 天之前 · In 2021. Subbituminous coal no longer comprises the bulk of coal production in Alberta, but it still accounted for nearly half of the total marketable coal production in 2021. Production of subbituminous coal decreased by 36.4 per cent in 2021 to 5.0 megatonnes (Mt). Several subbituminous coal mines have reduced production or ceased operations ...
Read More
2021year6month23day · Protestors opposed to coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rockies gather near Maycroft, Alta., in this file photo from March 14, 2021. ... Historic Alberta coal community wrestles with plans ...
Read More2021year8month17day · The Kenney government reluctantly created Alberta’s Coal Policy Committee after it initiated a political scandal by abruptly rescinding long-standing coal development rules in 2020 without public
Read More2020year8month12day · Months before a large zone along the eastern slopes was opened to coal strip mining, two Alberta ministers endorsed an Australian firm’s plans for the protected lands. Photo via Shutterstock.
Read More
2021year2month10day · A coal-mining company with exploration leases in Alberta's Rocky Mountains is looking at how the government's decision to restore protection of the land will affect its plans.
Read More2020year5month29day · Edmonton – On May 15, 2020 the Government of Alberta announced that they were rescinding A Coal Development Policy for Alberta (Coal Policy) which has provided sweeping environmental protections for coal development since the 1970’s. This has raised concerns about how this will impact Alberta’s treasured mountains and
Read More2020year8month12day · Months before a large zone along the eastern slopes was opened to coal strip mining, two Alberta ministers endorsed an Australian firm’s plans for the protected lands. Photo via Shutterstock.
Read More
2020year5month7day · Long before Alberta's first oil and gas boom, the province relied on coal to heat homes, generate electricity, and provide fuel for transportation. Coal was also the first energy commodity to be exported from the province, starting in the late 1800s. By the 1960s, however, oil and natural gas mostly replaced coal as Alberta's primary sources of energy.
Read More
2023year3month22day · Coal mining in our headwaters puts this water source at risk. The Eastern Slopes provide habitat for many of Alberta’s iconic wildlife species, including species at risk such as grizzly bears, bull trout, and westslope cutthroat trout. In Central Alberta, the Ram River and its tributaries are some of Alberta’s best habitat for bull trout ...
Read More2020year10month9day · Between 2003 and 2013, Australia — much like Alberta — experienced one of the world’s largest mining booms to supply growing Asian markets with steel-making coal, thermal coal and iron ore ...
Read More
The Plains Region, east of the foothills, contains flat-lying or gently inclined seams of mainly. subbituminous, lower quality coal, some of which is in close proximity to the Earth’s surface. The bulk of the extractable coal in Alberta rests in the Lower and Upper Cretaceous seams that are generally found near the surface. These occur in the ...
Read More2021year10month22day · Alberta county star Corb Lund is not backing down on his fight against coal mining in Alberta’s eastern slopes - as he enlisted some help in a new protest video. Lund re-released his 12-year-old ...
Read More
2021year12month7day · 1976. The Government of Alberta publishes “A Coal Development Policy for Alberta” —commonly known as the 1976 Coal Policy. This policy implements a four-category land management system that forbids or restricts coal development at varying levels throughout the Eastern Slopes.
Read More2020year5month29day · Edmonton – On May 15, 2020 the Government of Alberta announced that they were rescinding A Coal Development Policy for Alberta (Coal Policy) which has provided sweeping environmental protections for coal development since the 1970’s. This has raised concerns about how this will impact Alberta’s treasured mountains and
Read More
Alberta’s vulnerable South Eastern Slopes and the heart of southern Alberta’s water supply are being offered up to international coal firms intent on mountain top removal mining of the area’s metallurgical coal. An Alberta government decision to rescind the Coal Policy protections that have been in place since the 1970s has opened the ...
Read More
Coal in Alberta ($42-$47/tonne, 18 GJ/tonne) $2.33 - $2.61 : 3 - 7 kg/GJ ; STOKER COAL. The coal used in the All Canadian Coal-Fired Heater (which is also the most readily available coal in Western Canada) is called sub-bituminous (b) stoker coal. Stoker coal (characterized by egg-sized lumps of coal) comes oiled (to minimize dust), and dry (un ...
Read MoreCopyright © 2020.Company name All rights reserved.SiteMap