Without looking up that article, I’d concede a little and say ‘somewhat’
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Is that because - under recent and current economic conditions - the minerals have their highest and best use - and hence price - at overseas factories, instead of domestically, for metallurgical use (burning of coal) or smelting/ refining (for the ores) ?
Didn’t used to be that way. The minerals would want to go to Pittsburgh and similar ‘steel town’ places for iron ore and metallurgical coal, and whatever their equivalents were for copper, gold, silver. Are there any other minerals in Alaska or NW Canada in quantities that would lend themselves to rail shipment - and hence could support that massive required investment
Not a great map but it does show that it’s a long way from the existing Canadian RR system to the White Pass & Yukon;
So the black lines and thin grey lines must be proposed routes? I searched for an hour last night and the pickens are thin. I wonder if the Canadian govt or Alaska govt have proposed routes on a website?
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Without looking up that article, I’
That Alaska Canada raillink site is the main resource online. It includes study groups from both governments…Those are the proposed routes but keep in mind there is no funded project to buld it…
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Didn’t used to be that way. The minerals would want to go to Pittsburgh and similar ‘steel town’ places for iron ore and metallurgical coal, and whatever their equivalents were for copper, gold, silver. Are there any other minerals in Alaska or NW Canada in quantities that would lend themselves to rail shipment - and hence could support that massive required investment ? Oil already goes by pipeline, coal we already have but closer, and I don’t see the timber volume as being enough to justify a rail line - or am I missing something there ?