Donkin Mine holds first job fair - in Alberta

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Posted this 2016-01-04 2:34 PM AST (updated 2016-01-20 2:39 PM AST)

Kameron Coal is looking for people with experience in room and pillar mining

The company planning to open the coal mine in Donkin is holding its first job fair this week, but not in Cape Breton.

The first one, booked for Tuesday, will be held at the Days Inn in Grande Cache, Alta., where a mine in that community shut down in December.

The Donkin Coking Coal Project's managers, Kameron Coal, expects to cut the first piece of Donkin coal in late spring. Kameron Coal is a subsidiary of U.S. coal company Cline Group, which bought the mine from Australian company called Xstrata Coal last year.

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Local applicants may apply at local Gardiner Mining and Resources location in the People's Mall in Glace Bay, N.S.

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Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-06 9:57 AM AST Reply 0 0 This is actually a great precedent. I have a hypothesis that we could recruit western oil workers to live in Cape Breton, with a bold home taxation incentive for those that relocate. I.e. no home tax for 5-10 years. This doesn't mean bringing only Capers home. it means bringing any worker that would consider Cape Breton as a home... home. In fact, let's give our western oil workers from Cape Breton recruitment bonuses for anyone they bring back - similar to the cash incentives many corporations offer as a bounty for securing new employees. Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-07 9:25 AM AST Reply 1 0 Agree 100% . Have been saying "property tax incentives " for years is a way to attract investment and population but supposedly in NS the province will not let the municipalities have any tax discount rates . It was done in Victoria to even help get houses renovated . Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-07 3:36 PM AST Reply 0 0 I meant Victoria ,B.C , not Victoria County , Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-07 10:40 PM AST Reply 0 0 I wasn't aware the province had control over municipal housing tax. That's unfortunate. I see it as a way to actually create a competitive advantage in a place that really doesn't have one. Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-08 5:03 AM AST Reply 0 0 The Municipalities are governed by the Municipal Government Act . The room tax on Cape Breton is governed by the Municipalities through the CB Marketing levy Act that includes clauses to limit what contractors can receive that tax money .
Christian Murphy Follow Me 2016-01-06 10:28 AM AST Reply 0 0 It's great that they are now recruiting. I suspect, opinion on my part, the challenge will be getting people to leave a once stable economy with good salaries and Risk a move to Cape Breton. We can never forget that the people out west are accustom to better everything, except scenery! I'm sure some will come and I hope they do. Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-06 10:36 AM AST Reply 1 0 They will probably only be recruiting as migrant workers - perhaps? The same way our guys (and some gals) have to fly back and forth. I think that model can work. Especially if they provide them some form of low cost housing. If not, it will be interesting to see how successful they are with their pitch. It could be a case study in recruitment if they are successful. Except scenery? Hmmm. I've seen some amazing photos of Western Canada. Perhaps the highway through Alberta isn't quite as interesting as the Cabot Trail though. But those mountains and lakes! :)
[comment deleted] Posted 2016-01-06 1:08 PM AST Christian Murphy Follow Me 2016-01-06 8:13 PM AST Reply 1 0 Pioneer Coal was strip mining next to the Pt. Aconi power plant for a number of years. Closed about two year ago, I think. Like most things, it will be based on cost and the contracted commitments of NSP. Tera Camus Follow Me 2016-01-07 12:02 AM AST Reply 0 0 Yes, that's true, but very different form of mining that only employed a handful. Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-06 9:04 PM AST Reply 0 0 There must be documentation of the coal analysis somewhere. However, it's possible that lower costs of labour might make the imported coal cheaper than local coal purchase - even with shipping fees? Just thinking out loud. No idea of the numbers, of if that's a reasonable possibility. Tera Camus Follow Me 2016-01-07 12:06 AM AST Reply 0 0 Well there's no way this mine will ever get off the ground without the union knocking down its door to be part of it ...There was a ton of analysis on Devco coal and costs associated with underground mining, labor, transport, coal washing etc made it impossible to be profitable. It was cheaper to import coal than to buy CB coal, according to NSP back in the day. Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-07 12:31 AM AST Reply 0 0 The new investor may have superior mining methodologies or cost efficiencies that Devco didn't. Maybe they should set up a power plant and fire up their own coal. ;) Tera Camus Follow Me 2016-01-07 7:53 AM AST Reply 0 0 That would be sweet ... With any luck, they'll be up and running and making a huge dent in our economy.
Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-07 9:22 AM AST Reply 0 0 And where is all this coal going to go ??? How many train cars of coal per day ???? [comment deleted] Posted 2016-01-07 1:33 PM AST Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-07 3:35 PM AST Reply 0 0 Once Muskrat Falls is on line , how will NSP justify having a coal fired electricity plant when you balance that against all the talk of government saying they are going to reduce use if fossil fuels . Will the province have any way to tell NSP where to generate or where to buy power ??? Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-07 10:44 PM AST Reply 0 0 They must have done their due diligence. Surely they must have a business plan of some form that accounts for (or doesn't rely fully on) local interests and politics. Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-08 5:14 AM AST Reply 0 0 For sure they have a plan. Let's see how it plays out now that the unions are circling their wagons . Trolling for workers in Alberta makes sense .

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Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-06 9:57 AM AST

Reply 0 0

This is actually a great precedent. I have a hypothesis that we could recruit western oil workers to live in Cape Breton, with a bold home taxation incentive for those that relocate. I.e. no home tax for 5-10 years. This doesn't mean bringing only Capers home. it means bringing any worker that would consider Cape Breton as a home... home. In fact, let's give our western oil workers *from Cape Breton* recruitment bonuses for anyone they bring back - similar to the cash incentives many corporations offer as a bounty for securing new employees.

Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-07 9:25 AM AST

Reply 1 0

Agree 100% . Have been saying "property tax incentives " for years is a way to attract investment and population but supposedly in NS the province will not let the municipalities have any tax discount rates . It was done in Victoria to even help get houses renovated .

Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-07 3:36 PM AST

Reply 0 0

I meant Victoria ,B.C , not Victoria County ,

Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-07 10:40 PM AST

Reply 0 0

I wasn't aware the province had control over municipal housing tax. That's unfortunate. I see it as a way to actually create a competitive advantage in a place that really doesn't have one.

Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-08 5:03 AM AST

Reply 0 0

The Municipalities are governed by the Municipal Government Act . The room tax on Cape Breton is governed by the Municipalities through the CB Marketing levy Act that includes clauses to limit what contractors can receive that tax money .

Christian Murphy Follow Me 2016-01-06 10:28 AM AST

Reply 0 0

It's great that they are now recruiting. I suspect, opinion on my part, the challenge will be getting people to leave a once stable economy with good salaries and Risk a move to Cape Breton. We can never forget that the people out west are accustom to better everything, except scenery! I'm sure some will come and I hope they do.

Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-06 10:36 AM AST

Reply 1 0

They will probably only be recruiting as migrant workers - perhaps? The same way our guys (and some gals) have to fly back and forth. I think that model can work. Especially if they provide them some form of low cost housing. If not, it will be interesting to see how successful they are with their pitch. It could be a case study in recruitment if they are successful. Except scenery? Hmmm. I've seen some amazing photos of Western Canada. Perhaps the highway through Alberta isn't quite as interesting as the Cabot Trail though. But those mountains and lakes! :)

[comment deleted] Posted 2016-01-06 1:08 PM AST

Christian Murphy Follow Me 2016-01-06 8:13 PM AST

Reply 1 0

Pioneer Coal was strip mining next to the Pt. Aconi power plant for a number of years. Closed about two year ago, I think. Like most things, it will be based on cost and the contracted commitments of NSP.

Tera Camus Follow Me 2016-01-07 12:02 AM AST

Reply 0 0

Yes, that's true, but very different form of mining that only employed a handful.

Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-06 9:04 PM AST

Reply 0 0

There must be documentation of the coal analysis somewhere. However, it's possible that lower costs of labour might make the imported coal cheaper than local coal purchase - even with shipping fees? Just thinking out loud. No idea of the numbers, of if that's a reasonable possibility.

Tera Camus Follow Me 2016-01-07 12:06 AM AST

Reply 0 0

Well there's no way this mine will ever get off the ground without the union knocking down its door to be part of it ...There was a ton of analysis on Devco coal and costs associated with underground mining, labor, transport, coal washing etc made it impossible to be profitable. It was cheaper to import coal than to buy CB coal, according to NSP back in the day.

Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-07 12:31 AM AST

Reply 0 0

The new investor may have superior mining methodologies or cost efficiencies that Devco didn't. Maybe they should set up a power plant and fire up their own coal. ;)

Tera Camus Follow Me 2016-01-07 7:53 AM AST

Reply 0 0

That would be sweet ... With any luck, they'll be up and running and making a huge dent in our economy.

Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-07 9:22 AM AST

Reply 0 0

And where is all this coal going to go ??? How many train cars of coal per day ????

[comment deleted] Posted 2016-01-07 1:33 PM AST

Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-07 3:35 PM AST

Reply 0 0

Once Muskrat Falls is on line , how will NSP justify having a coal fired electricity plant when you balance that against all the talk of government saying they are going to reduce use if fossil fuels . Will the province have any way to tell NSP where to generate or where to buy power ???

Joe Ward Follow Me 2016-01-07 10:44 PM AST

Reply 0 0

They must have done their due diligence. Surely they must have a business plan of some form that accounts for (or doesn't rely fully on) local interests and politics.

Peter Sheehan Follow Me 2016-01-08 5:14 AM AST

Reply 0 0

For sure they have a plan. Let's see how it plays out now that the unions are circling their wagons . Trolling for workers in Alberta makes sense .

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