| B.C. Mineral Economy Sector Snapshot Summaries - 2006 |
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Metal
Mining |
Coal
Mining |
Industrial
Minerals |
Construction
Aggregates |
Sub Totals
Mining
Sectors |
Mineral Refining
& Smelting |
Downstream
Mineral
Processing |
Exploration |
TOTALS |
Sales Values
(C$ million) |
$3,248* |
$2,105* |
$363* |
$274* |
$5,990 |
$1,200e |
$1,980f |
$344.2** |
$9,170h |
Exports
(C$ million) |
$4,990a |
$2,848a |
$700a |
$7a |
$8,545 |
$960a |
$238a |
n/a |
$9,743 |
Direct
Employment |
3,270b |
3,201b |
2,500c |
2,020c |
10,991 |
2,600e |
13,000f |
2,157g |
28,748 |
Number of
Operations |
9 |
10 |
40d |
500d |
559 |
4 |
550f |
n/a |
1,113 |
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Please Note: Care has been taken to avoid double accounting. |
NRCan
sector definitions (see under stages) |
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References and Qualifiers |
| C$ |
= |
current
Canadian dollars |
| * |
= |
NRCan surveyed data;
(value of shipment definitions) |
| ** |
= |
NRCan &
MEMPR survey of exploration
(This figure is exploration spending.) |
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a |
= |
MEMPR estimates based on
federal (NRCan,
StatsCan) & provincial (BC Stats)
survey data & direct company contact |
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b |
= |
NRCan &
PWC
Survey data |
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c |
= |
MEMPR estimates based on federal surveys
(NRCan,
StatsCan),
in-house data, company contacts & empirical observation |
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d |
= |
Estimated from MEMPR site visits & databases and
NRCan
databases & knowledge |
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e |
= |
MEMPR
phone survey |
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f |
= |
Values, number of operations and full time equivalent employees
estimated from BC Mfg directory,
federal (NRCan,
StatsCan) & provincial (BC Stats)
surveys & MEMPR data |
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g |
= |
MEMPR estimate based on exploration projects |
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h |
= |
Exploration value is not part of total |
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Please Note:
Exploration shows as negative since
it is an expenditure.
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