Nova Scotia in the Appalachian Region
1. Within Nova Scotia alone there is 452, 800 people working in all the natural resource industries. In the major industry coal mining consists of 11,200 people.
2. The coal industry which is the a really big industry is compared to forestry since from coal mining brings in $238 million in Canadian money. The main coal mining area is located on Cape Breton Island. The Forest industry brings in $4.2 million in the whole year.
3. MANS is a big company called “The Mining Association of Nova Scotia.” It is located Bedford in Nova Scotia. They extract, refine and they also produce things that people need in their daily life. The Lafarge Plant is a really important plant in the mining association since it supplies most of the cement for roads so people can drive. It also makes trails so people can go on a path either for biking or walking. They make cement from limestone, which is nearby. The plant uses byproducts from steel and petroleum as other materials. They can keep the materials out of the waste stream and the use cuts down the need for virgin materials, energy demands and can improve cement performances.
Mining at the Conrad Brothers quarry trying to find minerals of iron, copper, lead, and gold, which is produced to create a economic development of opportunities for a growing population.
Resources:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/labor21a-eng.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/6370/Mi11.htm
http://www.novascotialife.com/chartermembers/mans
http://www.ns.dailybusinessbuzz.ca/September-2011/Mining-in-Nova-Scotia/2011-09-07/article-2742154/Guest-Spot%3A-The-Mining-Association-of-Nova-Scotia/1
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