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The programme, which is presented by Dr. John Blunden, looks at the economic and environmental effects associated with nickel mining in Sudbury, Ontario. After examining the local, provincial and n...ational benefits that the industry brings, the programme examines the environmental destruction associated with the industry and recent attempts to improve it.
The programme, which is presented by Dr. John Blunden, looks at the economic and environmental effects associated with nickel mining in Sudbury, Ontario. After examining the local, provincial and n...ational benefits that the industry brings, the programme examines the environmental destruction associated with the industry and recent attempts to improve it.
| Module code and title: | D204, Fundamentals of human geography |
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| Item code: | D204; 03 |
| First transmission date: | 25-03-1977 |
| Published: | 1977 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:30 |
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| Producer: | Nigel Houghton |
| Contributors: | John Blunden; James K. Gordon; Louis Renzoni; T. P. Mohide; Tom Peters; Keith Winterhalder |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Economics; Environmental pollution; Nickel mining; Ontario; Open cast mining; Underground mining |
| Footage description: | Aerial shots of mining area near Sudbury, Ontario. Open cast mine working. Underground mining and blasting, ore being extracted from the face of the mine. Nickel ore tipped out of lorry, Blunden speaks to camera. Rocks being crushed and ground down. The metal flotation process. Molten metal being purified through the Bessemer Process. The chimney at INCO. Sudbury streets and people. Interview with James Gordon, Mayor of Sudbury; he explains the importance of the mining industry to the town of Sudbury. Dr. T. P. Mohide, Director of Mineral Resources, Ontario, discusses the value of nickel to Canada as a whole, especially as an export. Aerial view of INCO processing plant. Newspaper headlines. James Gordon discusses the threat to the industry posed by possible seabed mining of nickel. Louis Renzoni, Vice president of INCO, states that the company still see Sudbury as a viable operation. Doctor Blunden walks through an area devastated by sulphur dioxide, which led to premature felling of trees. Aerial view of plant, showing some |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72493 |
| Production number: | 00525_2318 |
| Videofinder number: | 3 |
| Available to public: | no |
