Coal Processing Project

Located at 29km northeast of Elkford, BC, Canada, Fording River began production in 1971 and made its first shipment of metallurgical coal in April 1972.

Designed as a 3Mt/y operation, the Fording River has the mineral type of low- to high-volatile bituminous a coals. The mine also produces and sells thermal coal for use by power utilities and associated industries. The supply contract for the two electricity generators is projected to be the biggest surface mine in th...

Chromium processing

Most of the world's production of chromite (95%) is used in the metallurgical industry in the form of ferrochromium alloys. The alloys are produced by high temperature reduction (smelting) of chromite. They are essentially alloys of iron and chromium with much lesser amounts of carbon and silicon, the amounts depending upon the grade or type of alloy, and impurities such as sulphur, phosphorous and titanium. The conversion of chromite to ferrochromium alloys is dominated b...