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A Report on Noranda Mines Limited
Publisher: c/o Bonnie Pond/Gus Gallant, Box 414 Petit Rocher, New Brunswick E0B 2E0Year Published: 1981 Pages: 50pp Price: 4.00 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX2297 A Report on Noranda Mines Limited for the Counseil Regional d'Amenagement du Nord de Noveau Brunswick (C.R.A.N.) traces the history of Noranda Mines in Canada and particularly in the province of New Brunswick. Abstract: A Report on Noranda Mines Limited for the Counseil Regional d'Amenagement du Nord de Noveau Brunswick (C.R.A.N.) traces the history of Noranda Mines in Canada and particularly in the province of New Brunswick. Noranda moved to Canada in 1922 as an American company. By 1927, it was wholly controlled and owned by Canadians. It has since branched out from gold-mining interests into forestry and chemicals. Noranda is Canada's 8th largest industrial corporation, and Canada's largest gold producer. The Report notes that Noranda has moved into the Third World to transform mined resources "where sources of cheap labour are plentiful." Through its growth, the company is no longer a multinational corporation, but a "transnational - beyond the control of nations," a corporation without a national identity. The Report describes Noranda's behaviour in New Brunswick since 1967 as that of "cautious corporate cannibalism." Noranda has taken over Brunswick Mining and Smelting as well as the former Fraser Company Ltd. and Airscrew-Weyrot (Canada) Ltd. The labour situation created by the presence of Noranda in northern New Brunswick is described as critical by the Report. Located in an area with high unemployment, the company has contributed to the increase of one-industry towns and has made unions ineffective. The labour problems are complicated by the "non-aggressive approach and 'give-away' policies of the governments." Unionized workers are unable to effectively struggle for safer working conditions or job security. c/o Bonnie Pond/Gus Gallant, Box 414 Petit Rocher, New Brunswick E0B 2E0 or Euclid Chiasson, Madian, New Brunswick. Subject Headings |