While it still might be a couple of years out, a planned coking project near Elkford is making strides.
NWP Coal Canada is proposing, what it calls, a small-scale development in the Crown Mountain area.
Dave Baines is the Director of Project Development and says they’re now in the environmental assessment phase after having their application accepted back in January.
Since then…
While the exact number of workers has yet to be established, Baines believes it could be as high as 500 in the initial construction stage.