(MERAF) for the Base Metals Smelting Sector - CCME
(MERAF) for the Base Metals Smelting Sector - CCME
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Table 4: Canadian <strong>Base</strong> <strong>Metals</strong> Exports (year 2000)<br />
<strong>Base</strong> <strong>Metals</strong><br />
Quantities<br />
(kg)<br />
Values<br />
($’000)<br />
Cobalt 5,235,638 234,096<br />
Copper 844,133,975 1,488,439<br />
Lead 267,952,320 220,087<br />
Nickel 181,801,334 2,366,529<br />
Zinc 1,002,389,491 1,583,741<br />
Table 5 54 displays <strong>the</strong> number of employees working at each facility.<br />
Table 5: Number of Employees<br />
Province Company <strong>Metals</strong> produces Number of employees<br />
British Columbia Teck Cominco Lead, Zinc 1,780<br />
Alberta Corefco/Sherritt Nickel & Cobalt 600 55<br />
Manitoba Hudson Bay Copper, Zinc 1,820 56<br />
Inco Thompson Nickel 1,375<br />
Ontario Falconbridge Kidd Copper, Zinc 900<br />
Falconbridge<br />
Sudbury<br />
Nickel, Copper Cobalt<br />
(reported as metals<br />
content not total matte)<br />
1,450 57<br />
Inco Copper Cliff Nickel, Copper, 4,400 58<br />
Inco Port Colborne Cobalt 200<br />
Québec Noranda Horne Copper 850<br />
Noranda CEZ Zinc 757 59<br />
Noranda CCR Copper 764<br />
Noranda Gaspé Copper 325<br />
New Brunswick Noranda Brunswick Lead 503<br />
54 Canadian Mines Handbook 2001-02, Southam Publications Company, August 2001.<br />
55 Fort Saskatchewan, Economic Development. URL: http://www.city.<strong>for</strong>tsaskatchewan.ab.ca/<strong>for</strong>tsask/homepage.nsf<br />
56 Number includes employees in mines, mills and smelters. Personal communication, from<br />
Wayne Fraser, Hudson Bay Mining & <strong>Smelting</strong> to Serge Langdeau April 10, 2002<br />
57 Falconbridge. URL: http://www.falconbridge.com/. The number is <strong>the</strong> total number of<br />
employees at <strong>the</strong> Sudbury site and includes underground mines, mill and smelter.<br />
58 Inco. URL: http://www.incoltd.com/socialresponsibility/snapshots/sudbury.asp. The number is<br />
total number of employees at <strong>the</strong> Copper Cliff complex which includes mining, milling, smelting<br />
and refining.<br />
59 Noranda. URL:<br />
http://my.noranda.com/Noranda/Corporate/Our+Businesses/Zinc/Operations/CEZinc.htm<br />
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