The two sides of the coal storyWhile the demand for thermal coal evaporates, metallurgical coal is a growing commodity

While the demand for thermal coal evaporates, metallurgical coal is a growing commodity

By Kelsey Rolfe

March 22, 2021

Crowsnest Pass Mayor Blair Painter is hoping Riversdale Resources’ Grassy Mountain metallurgical (met) coal project could be his municipality’s first real industry in almost 40 years, marking a return to the area’s halcyon days as a mining district.

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