Developing an Inventory that
Works for You!
The Aggregate Forum and Workshop was held March 30-31, 1995, in
Richmond, British Columbia. The first day comprised an open forum, with 104 participants
attending, all having an interest in the aggregate industry of British Columbia. Fifteen
talks were presented dealing with the aggregate market in Canada and the U.S.A, aggregate
geology and inventory in British Columbia, the management of aggregate resources, and
methods of mapping and assessing aggregate resource potential. The second day consisted of
a workshop with a smaller group of about forty participants.
The proceedings of the forum are published in hardcopy as:
Bobrowsky, P.T., Massey, N.W.D. and Matysek, P.F. (1996): Aggregate
Forum: Developing an Inventory that Works for You!, Report of Proceedings; B.C.
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Information Circular 1996-6
WWW version of the Forum Proceedings
Overview Report
Introduction: Paul Matysek and Peter
Bobrowsky (Environmental Geology Section, GSB)
Geologic and Societal Aspects of Natural Aggregate
Resources and Their Development in Canada and the United States: Bill Langer
(Senior Aggregate Geologist, United States Geological Survey)
Economics of the Aggregate Market: Richard
Poulin (Professor - Mining and Mineral Process Engineering, University of British
Columbia)
Construction Aggregates: National and Regional
Trends:.Oliver Vagt (Analyst - Industrial Minerals Division, Natural Resources
Canada)
The Geology of Aggregate Deposits in British
Columbia: Peter Bobrowsky (Senior Quaternary Geologist, Environmental
Geology Section, GSB)
A Status Report for the Supply of Aggregates in
British Columbia: Barry Irvine (Aggregate Producer - Construction Aggregates
Ltd.)
Planning for Aggregate Resource Extraction:
Putting the Inventory into a Context: Doug Baker (Professor - Natural
Resources and Environmental Studies, University of Northern British Columbia)
Aggregate Resources of the Greater Vancouver and
Lower Mainland Market, B.C.: Problems and Future Outlook: Dan Hora
(Industrial Mineral Specialist - Economic Geology Section, GSB)
Successful Integration of Aggregate Data in
Land-Use Planning: a California case study: David Beeby (Assistant State
Geologist - California Geological Survey)
Aggregate Resource Management in Ontario: Ray
Pichette (Director of Aggregate Resources - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
Ensuring Ongoing Economic Sources of Highway
Construction Aggregate Through a Gravel Resource Management Program: Stephen
Lee (Manager - Properties Branch, MoTH)
A Planner's Perspective on Local Aggregate
Issues: Don Buchanan (Planner - Coquitlam)
Mineral Aggregate Map Case Study, Alberta:
Dixon Edwards (Senior Aggregate Geologist - Alberta Energy)
Three-Part Surficial Aggregate Assessment:
James Bliss (Senior Aggregate Geologist - USGS)
Modeling Aggregate Resource Potential, Vancouver
Island, B.C.: Gavin Manson (Graduate Student - School of Earth and Ocean
Sciences, University of Victoria)
The ideas and recommendations presented in these abstracts are the
views of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the official policies of
the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
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