In a bid to position itself for the export market, Sherritt re-opened the Obed mine, near Hinton, Alberta, in August. Elsewhere, Xstrata has submitted a proposal to rejuvenate the Donkin mine in Nova Scotia; Vitol Anker has a thermal coal project for export under development at Wapiti in northeast British Columbia; and many companies are looking to increase their reserves. "There has been lots of staking of a thermal coal trend that runs north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan," says Wright. "Goldsource of Vancouver and Nucoal Energy of Saskatoon are trying to develop Saskatchewan properties."
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