TABLE 2
CANADA:  STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
				Major operating companies
Commodity				and major equity owners		Location of main facilities		Annual capacity
Aluminum				Alcan Aluminum Ltd.		Smelter in Laterriere, Quebec		204.
Do.				do.		Smelter in Isle-Maligne, Quebec		73.
Do.				do.		Smelter in Beauharnois, Quebec		48.
Do.				do.		Smelter in Shawinigan, Quebec		84.
Do.				do.		Smelter in Grande-Baie, Quebec		180.
Do.				do.		Smelter in Arvida, Quebec		232.
Do.				do.		Smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia		272.
Do.				Alcan Inc. (Alcan Aluminium Ltd., 56%, and		Smelter in Alma, Quebec		400.
				Aluisuisse Lonza Group Ltd., 44%)
Do.				Aluminiere de Becancour Inc. (Pechiney Corp.,		Smelter in Beacancour, Quebec		360.
				25%, and Quebec Government, 24.95%)
Do.				Canadian Reynolds Metals Co. Ltd. (Reynolds		Smelter in Baie-Comeau, Quebec		400.
				Metals Co., 100%)
Do.				Aluminerie Alouette Inc. (Vereinigte Aluminum-		Smelter in Sept-Iles, Quebec		218.
				Werke (VAW), Germany, 20%; Corus Group plc,
				Netherlands, 20%; Austria Metall (AMAG),
				Austria, 20%; La Société Générale de
				Financement, Canada, 20%; Kobe Steel, 13.3%;
				Marubeni Corp., Japan, 6.7%)
Do.				Aluminerie Lauralco Inc. (Alumax Inc., United		Deschambault, Quebec		215.
				States)
Asbestos				LAB Chrysotile, Inc. (private, 100%).		Black Lake, Quebec		160 (fiber).
Do.				do.		Bell Mine, near Thetford Mines, Quebec		70 (fiber).
Do.				Jeffrey Mine Inc.		Jeffrey mines at Asbestos, Quebec		250 (fiber).
Cement				Lafarge Canada Inc.		Bath, Ontario		1,045 (dry-process).
Do.				do.		Exshaw, Alberta		1,029 (dry-process).
Do.				do.		Kamloops, British Columbia		194 (dry-process).
Do.				do.		Richmond, British Columbia		474 (wet-process).
Do.				do.		St. Constant, Quebec		991 (dry-process).
Do.				do.		Brookfield, Nova Scotia		527 (dry-process).
Do.				St. Lawrence Cement Inc. (Independent Cement		Joliette, Quebec		991 (dry-process).
				Inc.)
Do.				do.		Mississauga, Ontario		1,876 (wet and dry).
Do.				ESSROC Canada Inc.		St. Basile, Quebec		1,124 (dry-process).
Do.				North Star Cement Ltd.		Corner Brook, Newfoundland		152 (dry-process).
Do.				Federal White Cement Ltd.		Woodstock, Ontario		170 (dry-process).
Do.				St. Marys Cement Corp.		Bowmanville, Ontario		1,550 (dry-process).
Do.				do.		St. Marys, Ontario		645 (dry-process).
Do.				Inland Cement Ltd. (S.A. Cimenteries CBR)		Edmonton, Alberta		726 (dry-process).
Do.				Tilbury Cement Ltd. (S.A. Cimenteries CBR)		Delta, British Columbia		1,040 (dry-process).
Coal				Quinsam Coal Corp. (Hillsborough Resources Ltd.,		Quinsam Coal Mine at Campbell River,		14,400 (open pit
				63%; Marubeni Corp., 33%; unknown, 4%)		British Columbia		and underground).
Do.				Cape Breton Development Corp. (Government		Sydney, Nova Scotia		2,000 (underground).
				of Canada, 100%)
Do.				Luscar, Ltd. (Luscar Energy Partnership)		Obed Mountain Mine in Hinton, Alberta		23,500 (open pit).
Do.				do.		Cheviot Mine in Hinton, Alberta		16,500 (open pit).
Do.				Gregg River Resources Ltd. (Gregg River Coal Inc.,		Gregg River Mine in Hinton, Alberta		3,960 (open pit).
				60%, and 7 Japanese companies, 40%)
Do.				Manalta Coal Ltd. (Transalta Utilities Corp.)		Highvale Mine at Seba Beach, Alberta		11,610 (open pit).
Do.				Smoky River Coal Ltd. (Smoky River Holdings		Grande Cache, Alberta		3,600 (open pit and
				Ltd., 100%)				underground).
Columbium (niobium)				Niobec Ltd. (Cambior Inc., 50%, and Sequoia		Niobec Mine, Chicoutimi, Quebec		3,500 tons per day
				Minerals Inc., 50%)				(underground).
See footnotes at end of the table.
TABLE 2--Continued
CANADA:  STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
				Major operating companies
Commodity				and major equity owners		Location of main facilities		Annual capacity
Copper				Cassiar Mining Corp. (Princeton Mining Corp.,		Similcom Mine in Princeton, British		9,000.
				100%)		Columbia (suspended in 1996)
Do.				Falconbridge Ltd. (Noranda Inc., 50%, and Trelleborg		Sudbury operations, Sudbury, Ontario		4,250.
				AB, 50%)
Do.				do.		Strathcona and Timmins operations in		4,860.
						Timmins, Ontario
Do.				Falconbridge Ltd. (Noranda Inc., 50%, and Trelleborg		Smelter in Timmins, Ontario		440.
				AB, 50%)
Do.				Gibraltar Mines Ltd.		McLease Lake, British Columbia		29.
						(suspended)
Do.				Highland Valley Copper (Teck Cominco Limited,		Kamloops, British Columbia		4,500.
				63.9%; BHP Billiton Ltd., 33.6%; others, 2.5%)
Do.				Inco Ltd.		Thompson district, Manitoba		Variable (polymetallic).
Do.				do.		Smelter in Sudbury, Ontario		500.
Do.				do.		Refinery in Sudbury, Ontario		170.
Do.				Noranda Inc.		Smelter in Thompson, Manitoba		686 (projected).
Do.				do.		Mines Gaspe, Murdochville, Quebec		4,000 (ore).
Do.				do.		Horne Smelter in Noranda, Quebec		770.
Do.				Huckleberry Mines Ltd. (Imperial Metals Corp.,		Huckleberry Mine in Omineca, southeast		37 (Cu contained).
				50%, and Japanese consortium, 50%)		of Houston, British Columbia
Do.				Imperial Metals Corp.		Mount Polley Mine at Williams Lake,		17 (Cu contained).
						British Columbia
Do.				Northgate Exploration Ltd.		Toodogone River, British Columbia		28 (Cu contained).
Diamond		carats		BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (BHP Billiton		Ekati Mine in Lac de Gras region,		5,350,000.
				Group), 80%; Charles Fipke, 10%; Stuart		Northwest Territories
				Blossom, 10%
Do.		do.		Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (Rio Tinto plc), 60%,		Diavik Mine in Yellowknife region,		6,000,000.
				and Aber Diamond Mines Ltd. (Aber Diamond		Northwest Territories
				Corporation), 40%
Gold				Barrick Gold Corp.		Holt-McDermott Mine at Harker		405 (ore).
						Township, Ontario
Do.				do.		Bosquet Mines 1 and 2, northwestern		954 (ore).
						Quebec
Do.				do.		Macassa Mine at Teck Township,		473 (ore).
						northern Ontario
Do.				Princeton Mining Corp.		Similco Mine in Princeton, British		450 (kilograms
						Columbia (suspended)		metal).
Do.				Echo Bay Mines Ltd.		Lupin Mine in Contwoyo Lake,		612 (ore).
						Northwest Territories (suspended)
Do.				Royal Oak Mines Inc.		Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest		407 (ore).
						Territories
Do.				do.		Giant mill-tailings in Yellowknife,		3,265 (ore).
						Northwest Territories
Do.				Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. (Noranda Inc., 44.1%)		Golden Giant Mine in Hemlo, Ontario		1,080 (ore).
Do.				Placer Dome Inc.		Campbell Mine in Red Lake, Ontario		584 (ore).
Do.				do.		Detour Lake Mine in Northeast Ontario		1,278 (ore)
Do.				do.		Dome Mine in South Porcupine, Ontario		9.8 (tons metal).
Do.				do.		Sigma and Kiena Mines in Val d'Or,		730 (ore).
						Quebec
Do.				Teck-Corona Corp. (Teck Corp., 100%)		David Bell Mine in Hemlo, Ontario		456 (ore).
Do.				Huckleberry Mines Ltd. (Imperial Metals Corp.,		Huckleberry Mine in Omineca, southeast		250 (kilograms metal).
				50%, and Japanese consortium, 50%)		of Houston, British Columbia
Do.				Imperial Metals Corp.		Mount Polley Mine in Williams Lake,		3,100 (kilograms metal).
						British Columbia
Do.				Northgate Exploration Ltd.		Toodogone River, British Columbia		8,700 (kilograms metal).
Graphite				Strategic Exploration Inc.		Kearney Lake, Ontario		W.
See footnotes at end of the table.
TABLE 2--Continued
CANADA:  STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
				Major operating companies
Commodity				and major equity owners		Location of main facilities		Annual capacity
Gypsum				Atlantic Gypsum Resources Inc.		Fischell Brook at St. George's,		1,300.
						Newfoundland
Do.				Georgia-Pacific Corp.		River Denys, Sugar Camp, Nova Scotia		1,460.
Do.				Little Narrows Gypsum Co. Ltd. (USG Corp., 100%)		Little Narrows, Nova Scotia		1,640.
Do.				National Gypsum (Canada) Ltd. (Aancor Holdings		Milford, Nova Scotia		3,300.
				Corp., 100%)
Do.				Westroc Industries Ltd.		Windermere, British Columbia		1,170.
Iron and steel				Iron Ore Company of Canada (North Ltd., 56.1%;		Carol Lake, Labrador		8,800 (concentrate),
				Mitsubishi Corp., 25%; Labrador Iron Ore				10,300 (pellets).
				Royalty Income Fund, 18.9%)
Do.				Quebec Cartier Mining Co. (Dofasco Inc., 50%)		Mount Wright, Quebec		16,950 (concentrate),
								7,500 (acid pellets),
								657 (sinter).
Do.				Wabush Mines Ltd. (Stelco Inc., 37.9%; Dofasco		Wabush, Labrador, and Pointe Noire,		6,200 (concentrate).
				Inc., 24.2%; Cliffs Mining Co., 22.8%; Acme		Quebec
				Steel Co., 15.1%)
Do.				Dofasco Inc.		Hamilton, Ontario		3,642 (pig iron),
								4,500 (crude steel).
Lead				Brunswick Mining and Smelting Corp. Ltd.		No. 12 Mine in Bathurst and smelter in		72 (Pb contained).
				(Noranda Inc., 63.3%)		Belledune, New Brunswick
Do.				Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.		Flin Flon and Snow Lake, Manitoba		60 (Pb-Zn contained).
				(Anglo American plc., 100%)
Do.				Teck Cominco Limited		Trail, British Columbia		95 (refined lead).
Do.				do.		Sullivan Mine in Kimberly, British		3,600 (ore).
						Columbia
Do.				do.		Polaris Mine on Cornwallis Island,		1,000 (ore).
						Northwest Territories
Do.				Breakwater Resources Ltd.		Nanisivik Mine on Baffin Island,		785 (ore).
						Northwest Territories
Limestone				Lafarge Canada Inc.		Steep Rock, Manitoba		906 (quarry).
Do.				Atlantic Industrial Minerals Inc.		Iris Cove, Sydney, Nova Scotia		720.
Do.				Inland Cement Ltd. (CBR Materials Corp.)		Cadomin, Alberta		2,160.
Do.				do.		do.		2,160 (quarry).
Do.				Havelock Co. (Kickenson Mines Co., 100%)		Havelock, New Brunswick		864 (limestone).
Do.				Continental Lime Ltd.		Faulkner, Manitoba		1,440 (crushed stone).
Magnesium				Magnola Metallurgy Inc. (Noranda Inc., 80%, and		Asbestos, Quebec		58 (asbestos waste).
				Societe Generale de Financement du Quebec, 20%)
Do.				Timminco Ltd.		Haley Station, Ottawa		6 (smelter).
Do.				Norsk Hydro Canada Inc.		Bécancour, Quebec		48 (smelter).
Molybdenum				Huckleberry Mines Ltd. (Princeton Mines Corp.,		Southeast of Houston, British Columbia		635 (Mo contained).
				60%, and Japanese consortium, 40%)
Nickel				Falconbridge Ltd. (Noranda Inc., 46.4%, and		Craig, Fraser, Lindsley, and Lockerby		54 (metal contained).
				underwriting syndicate, 28.3%)		in Sudbury district, Ontario
Do.				do.		Raglan Mine in Ungave, Quebec		21 (metal contained).
Do.				do.		Smelter in Falconbridge, Ontario		45 (rated capacity).
Do.				Inco Limited		Frood, Stobie, Creighton, Copper Cliff		106 (metal contained).
						North and South, Garson-Offsets,
						McCreedy East and West, Coleman,
						Crean Hill, and Totten in Sudbury
						district, Ontario
Do.				do.		Smelter in Sudbury, Ontario		110 (metal contained).
Do.				do.		Refinery in Sudbury, Ontario		57 (metal contained).
Do.				do.		Refinery in Port Colborne, Ontario		30 (metal contained).
Do.				do.		Thompson, Birchtree Mines in Manitoba		62 (metal contained).
Do.				do.		Smelter in Thompson, Manitoba		82 (metal contained).
Do.				Sherritt International Corp.		Refinery in Fort Saskachewan, Alberta		24 (metal contained).
See footnotes at end of the table.
TABLE 2--Continued
CANADA:  STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
				Major operating companies
Commodity				and major equity owners		Location of main facilities		Annual capacity
Petroleum and natural gas:1
Natural gas		million cubic meters		BP Canada Inc. (The British Petroleum Co. plc,		Noel Area, northern Alberta; Chauvin,		47.
				London, 100%)		Sibbald, North Pembina, Alberta
Crude oil		million 42-gallon		do.		do.		12.
		barrels
Do.		do.		Gulf Canada Corp. (Olympia & York		Fenn-Big Valley, Swan Hills, Goose		18.
				Developments, 80%, and Gulf, 20%)		River, Peerless, and Sene, Alberta
Do.		do.		Home Oil Co. Ltd. (Interhome Energy Inc., 100%)		Red Earth, Garrington, Cherhill,		11.5.
						Medicine River, and Swan Hills, Alberta
Natural gas		billion cubic meters		do.		do.		1.8.
Crude oil		thousand 42-gallon		Imperial Oil Ltd. (Exxon Mobil Corp., 70%, and		Judy Creek, Cold Lake, Alberta;		670.
		barrels		others, 30%)		Mackenzie Delta, Beaufort Sea, Yukon
						and Northwest Territories
Natural gas		million cubic meters		do.		do.		36.4.
Crude oil		million 42-gallon		Mobil Oil Canada Ltd. (Exxon Mobil Corp.,		Hibernia, Grand Banks, southeast of		26.1.
		barrels		100%)		Newfoundland and Sable Island, Nova
						Scotia, and others in Alberta
Natural gas		billion cubic meters		do.		do.		3.0.
Crude oil		million 42-gallon		Mobil Oil Canada Ltd. (Exxon Mobil Corp.,		Terra Nova, near to Hibernia, Jeanne		25.0.
		barrels		100%)		d'Arc Basin, Newfoundland
Natural gas		billion cubic meters		do.		do.		2.0.
Crude oil		million 42-gallon		Norcen Energy Resources Ltd. (Hollinger Inc.,		Pembina, Bodo, Majorville, Alberta		12.1.
		barrels		59%, and Hees International, 41%)
Do.		do.		Oakwood Petroleums Ltd. (Sceptre Resources Ltd.,		Grantham, Hays Ronalane, Peace River,		24.6.
				100%)		Normandville, Randell, Alberta; and
						Grizzly Valley, British Columbia
Do.		do.		PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. (Canadian Pacific		Rycroft, Wembley, Elk Point, Rio Bravo,		19.7.
				Enterprises, 87%, and others, 13%)		Alberta
Natural gas		billion cubic meters		do.		do.		3.53.
Crude oil		million 42-gallon		Shell Canada Ltd. (Shell Investments, 79%, and		Dimsdale, Little Smoky Lake, Sousa,		22.2.
		barrels		others, 21%)		Alberta; Midale, Benson, Saskatchewan
Natural gas		billion cubic meters		do.		do.		6.53.
Crude oil		million 42-gallon		Suncor Inc. (Sun Co. Inc., United States, 75%, and		Kidney, Zama Lake, Cosway, Albersun		4.1.
		barrels		Ontario Energy Resources, 25%)		Prevo, and Medicine River, Alberta; and
						Leitchville, Unwin, Saskatchewan
Do.		thousand 42-gallon		Texaco Canada Petroleum Inc. (Texaco Inc.,		Eaglesham, Virgo, Alberta; and Desan,		158.
		barrels		United States, 78%, and others, 22%)		British Columbia
Natural gas		million cubic meters		do.		do.		67.3.
Crude oil		million 42-gallon		UNOCAL Canada Ltd. (UNOCAL Corp., United		Calgary, Alberta		14.7.
		barrels		States, 100%)
Potash (K2O equivalent):				Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (PCS) (private,		Lanigan, near Lanigan, Saskatchewan		3,828 (KCl).
				37%, and Provincial government, 63%)
Do.				do.		Rocanville, southeast Saskatchewan		2,295 (KCl).
Do.				do.		Allan Division, Allan, Saskatchewan		5,256 (KCl).
Do.				do.		Cory, near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan		1,361 (KCl).
Do.				do.		Sussex, New Brunswick		800 (KCl).
Do.				International Minerals & Chemical Corp. (Canada)		Esterhazy, southeast Saskatchewan		951 (KCl).
				Ltd. [IMC Fertilizer Corp., 75%, and Potash Corp.
				of Saskatchewan Inc. (PCS), 25%]
Do.				Agrium Products Inc.		Vanscoy, Saskatchewan		1,750 (KCl).
Salt and brine operations				The Canadian Salt Co.		Pugwash, Nova Scotia		1,400 (rock salt and
								brine salt).
Do.				do.		Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec		1,625 (rock salt).
Do.				do.		Ojibway, Ontario		2,600 (rock salt).
See footnotes at end of the table.
TABLE 2--Continued
CANADA:  STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified)
				Major operating companies
Commodity				and major equity owners		Location of main facilities		Annual capacity
Silver				Prime Resources Group Inc.		Eskay Creek Mine in British Columbia		340.
Do.				Breakwater Resources Ltd.		Caribou Mine in Bathurst, New		7.5 (tons mill feed).
						Brunswick
Do.				Kinross Gold Corp.		Macassa Mine in Ontario		438 (mill feed).
Do.				Barrick Gold Corp.		Bousquet Mine in Quebec		876 (mill feed).
Do.				Similco Mines Ltd.		Princeton, British Columbia (suspended)		8,250 (Ag-Au-Cu
								concentrate).
Sodium chlorate production				Dow Chemical Canada Inc. (Dow Chemical Co.,		Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta		524 (caustic soda).
using salt				100%)
Do.				do.		Sarnia, Ontario		350 (caustic soda).
Do.				General Chemical Canada Ltd.		Amherstburg, Ontario		363 (sodium carbonate).
Sulfur:
Petroleum refinery capacities				Consumer's Cooperative Refineries Ltd. (Federated		Regina, Saskatchewan		54.
				Cooperatives Ltd., 100%)
Do.				Esso Petroleum Canada (ExxonMobil Corp., 100%)		Sarnia, Ontario		50.
Do.				Sulconam Inc. (Petro Canada, 7.6%)		Montreal, Quebec		108.
Main sulfur extraction plants				Amoco Canada Petroleum Co., Ltd. (Amoco Corp.,		East Crossfield-Elkton, Alberta		650.
(sour gas and oil sands)				100%)
Do.				Canadian Occidental Petroleum, Ltd.		East Calgany-Crossfield, Alberta		610.
Do.				Chevron Canada Resources Inc. (ChevronTexaco		Kaybob South III, Alberta		1,281.
				Corp., 100%)
Do.				Husky Oil Ltd.		Ram River, Ricinus, Alberta		1,646.
Do.				Shell Canada Ltd.		Waterton, Alberta		1,120.
Principal SO2 and H2SO4				Canadian Electro Zinc Ltd. (CEZ) (Noranda Inc.,		Valleyfield, Quebec		430 (H2SO4).
production capacities				90.17%)
Do.				Inco Ltd.		Copper Cliff, Ontario		950 (H2SO4).
Do.				Falconbridge Ltd. (Noranda Inc., 50%, and Trelleborg		Kidd Creek, Ontario		690 (H2SO4).
				AB, 50%)
Do.				ESSO Chemical Canada (ExxonMobil Corp., 100%)		Redwater, Alberta		910 (H2SO4).
Titanium slag				QIT-Fer et Titane Inc. (Rio Tinto, 100%).		Sorel-Tracy, Quebec		1,100 (Sorelslag),
								250 (UGS slag).
Uranium				Cogema Resources Inc.		Cluff Lake, Saskatchewan		1,815 metric tons (metal).
Do.				Cameco Corp. (Cameco Corp., 50.025%; COGEMA		Cigar Lake, Saskatchewan		6,500 metric tons (oxide).
				Resources Inc., 37.1%; Idemitsu Inc., 7.875%;
				TEPCO Inc., 5.0%).
Do.				do.		Key Lake, Saskatchewan		6,395 metric tons (oxide).
Do.				do.		Rabbit Lake, Saskachewan		5,445 metric tons (oxide).
Zinc				Breakwater Resources Ltd.		Nanisivik Mine on Baffin Island,		60 (Zn contained).
						Northwest Territories
Do.				do.		Bathurst, New Brunswick		1,100 (Zn in
								concentrate).
Do.				Brunswick Mining and Smelting Corp. Ltd.		do.		232 (Zn in
				(Noranda Inc., 100%)				concentrate).
Do.				Falconbridge Ltd. (Noranda Inc., 49.9%)		Timmins operations and smelter in		212 (Pb-Zn contained),
						Timmins, Ontario		133 (slab zinc).
Do.				Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. (Anglo		Snow Lake concentrator, Manitoba		1,125 (Pb-Zn ore).
				American plc., 100%)
Do.				do.		Flin Flon Mine and Smelter in Manitoba		115 (slab zinc).
Do.				Teck Cominco Limited		Sullivan Mine in Kimberley, British		70 (Pb-Zn contained).
						Columbia
Do.				do.		Smelter in Trail, British Columbia		300 (slab zinc).
Do.				Boliden Ltd.		Myra Falls Mine in Strathcona		110 (Zn ore).
						Provincial Park, British Columbia
Do.				Noranda Inc.		Bell Allard Mine in Matagami, Quebec		85 (Pb-Zn ore).
W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.
1Projections of annual capacity involve matching decline curves against later discoveries and are generalized extrapolations only based on data presented in the
Canadian Oil and Gas Handbook, 2001 and subsequent years.  Ownership of various companies and proportionate participation in various leaseblocks and/or joint
ventures changes continually.  The ownership proportions shown here must be considered to be illustrative only.