List_of_nickel_mines_in_Canada

List of nickel mines in Canada

List of nickel mines in Canada

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This is a list of nickel mines in Canada sorted by province.

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Manitoba

Mine Coordinates Associated town Owner Dates Comments References
Birchtree Mine 55°42′06″N 097°55′37″W Thompson Vale Inco 1965–Present In 2005 Birchtree mine was the recipient of the John T. Ryan Trophy for having achieving the lowest accident frequency of all Canadian metal mines. In 2008 it received the regional John T. Ryan trophy for the Prairies & Northwest Territories. [1]
Bucko Lake Mine 54°52′40.8″N 098°39′25.1994″W Wabowden CaNickel 2009–Present near Wabowden, Manitoba, Canada and is owned by CaNickel Mining LTD previously Crowflight Minerals who purchased the property from Xtrata.[2] Production began on 10 June 2009.[3] [2]

Newfoundland and Labrador

Mine Coordinates Associated region Owner Dates Comments References
Voisey's Bay Mine 56°20′5″N 62°6′11″W Voisey's Bay Vale Limited 2005–Present Purchased for $4.3 billion Canadian dollars [4]

Ontario

Mine Coordinates Associated town Owner Dates Comments References
Coleman Mine 46°40′1.51″N 81°21′36.36″W Sudbury Vale Limited 1970–Present [5]
Copper Cliff North Mine 46°29′45″N 81°03′20″W Copper Cliff Vale Canada Limited [6]
Copper Cliff South Mine 46°27′30″N 81°04′45″W Copper Cliff Vale Canada Limited Discovered in 1887 [6]

Quebec

Mine Coordinates Associated region Owner Dates Comments References
Raglan Mine 61°41′15″N 073°40′41″W Nunavik Glencore 1997–Present

References

  1. [1]
    Hersey, Carolyn (November 2008). "Safety, above all else". CIM Magazine. 3 (7). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: 5140–43. ISSN 1718-4177.
  2. [2]
    "Crowflight Commissioning Bucko Lake Mine". Engineering & Mining Journal. 209 (9). New York, New York, United States: McGraw Hill Pub. Co.: 10. November 2008. ISSN 0095-8948.
  3. [3]
    Scales, Marilyn (September 2009). "Crowflight's Bucko Lake Project". Canadian Mining Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    "The story of Voisey's Bay – the auction 'the total value' of the Voiseys bay deal was 'closer to $4.3 billion'". Mining.com. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Vale's Coleman Mine marks 50 years in operation". 11 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. [6]
    Copper Cliff, Greater Sudbury - A Driving Tour of Greater Sudbury's Mining Industry (PDF), retrieved 23 July 2021
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