Letters from Treaty 7, which represents mainly Blackfoot bands in southern Alberta, welcome the Grassy Mountain Coal Project, along with Métis communities in the southern part of the province.
This shocked Calf Robe, who said she only recently learned about the open-pit mine and a public regulatory hearing underway by a joint provincial-federal review panel.
“No community-level consultation has been done on the Blood Tribe,” she said, “and, as far as I know, has not been done with any of the communities in Treaty 7.
“So those letters of support that were issued were issued without community-level consultation in any of these communities.”
Benga Mining Ltd.
Calf Robe wants to stop the mine proposed by Benga Mining Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian coal development company Riversdale Resources.
Source: Proposed coal mine will ‘decapitate’ Grassy Mountain in southern Alberta
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China paying through the nose to snub Aussie coal
Nov 25, 2020 – 9.34am
China is paying through the nose for coal from North America while it rejects or defers shipments from Australia.
Teck said its increased sales into China had been at higher prices than sales into other markets, in an indication China is paying over the odds for coal while turning its back on Australia.
Teck produces coal from four mines in the Elk Valley region of British Columbia. Just across the border in Alberta, Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting plans to produce about 4.5 million tonnes of hard coking coal a year but faces opposition from groups concerned about the environmental impact.
Hancock Prospecting paid about $900 million to secure Riversdale Resources and its undeveloped Grassy Mountain project in Alberta last year.