North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Coal is king again in Canada as producers scramble to increase their output to take advantage of new clean-coal technologies and to meet surging demand in Asia.

Natural Resources Minister John Efford believes coal will be at the forefront of a mining boom in 2005, accompanied by the opening of uranium, diamond and nickel mines.

He has promised coal miners that the Canadian government's implemen...