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This is a list of copper mines in Canada sorted by province. British Columbia. Mine: ... Reserves of 2.4 billion pounds of copper and 69 million pounds of molybdenum [1]
Pages in category "Copper mining companies of Canada" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Highland Valley Copper was created in mid-1986 when the Highland Valley mining operations of Lornex Mining Corporation Ltd. and Cominco Ltd. were combined into a new single entity, structured as a partnership. The Highmont mill on the south side of the valley was acquired in 1988 when Highmont Mining Company joined the partnership.
Thus by the 1980s state owned enterpises overtook the dominant role U.S. companies like Anaconda Copper and Kennecott had had until then. [17] In the late 1970s and early 1980s various oil companies like ARCO, Exxon (Exxon Minerals) and Standard Oil Company expanded into copper mining for a few years before selling their copper assets. [17]
The mining claims were discovered in the 1880s and the Britannia Beach Mining and Smelting Company established in the Edwardian years. Copper was first mined in the area in 1903 and the distance from smelters necessitated the construction of an ore concentrator, a system to deliver ore, and a system to ship the ore concentrate. A primitive ...
The first truly industrial mining operation in what is now Canada was an iron mine at Forges du Saint-Maurice near Trois-Rivières in Quebec, which remained a going concern from 1738 to 1883. [1] Copper mining in Bruce Mines, Ontario—the first industrial-scale mine of a substance other than iron—followed in 1848. [2]
Phoenix Mine was an open pit and underground mining operation in city of Phoenix in the Boundary Country region of British Columbia, Canada that operated in the early and mid 20th century, run by the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company. It was discovered in 1891, but was a lower grade copper deposit than the Rossland and ...
Copper mining companies of Canada (17 P) D. Defunct mining companies of Canada (25 P) Denison Mines (7 P) Diamond mining companies of Canada (2 P) E. EWL Management ...