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BIENFAIT CHAR (Calciner) PLANT
SUPPLIES CHAR TO MAKE
YOUR KINGSFORD BBQ BRIQUETS
This plant is located south of Bienfait
produces 100,000 tonnes of char
per year.

The Bienfait Mine supplies up to
2,000,000 metric tonnes
of Lignite Coal to Ontario Hydro
thermal Electric Stations
per year

PICTURES WERE TAKEN JUNE 1999
BY AN EARLY SONY DIGITAL CAMERA

 

 

BIENFAIT BADGER DRAGLINE
LOCATED SOUTH OF BIENFAIT
AND EAST OF CHAR PLANT
This is a Bucyrus-Erie 1570W
70 Cubic Yard Bucket
320 ft boom, weighs 7.5 million pounds
66 foot rotating tub diameter
3 & 3/4 inch hoist and drag ropes
max load 353,000 lbs
6,000 horsepower
 


BIENFAIT BADGER CLOSE-UP
OWNED BY ESTEVAN COAL CORP
NOW PART OF LUSCAR LTD

 
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