KWG & partners will be first to open environmentally and economically efficient ROF chromite mine and chromite refiner;

• new natural gas process facilitates the progress of the reduction reactions
• lab tested natural gas process uses extremely less energy and carbon
• lower natural gas price also makes it an attractive choice
• stable energy cost due to large long term supply of natural gas in North America
• metallization levels of chromium and iron of 80% or more
• no special exemptions to its domestic electricity price needed

Canada’s Emissions Trends Environment Canada October 2013

...Taking into account these provincial/territorial utility expansion plans, plus additional units forecast to be built by the Energy, Emissions and Economy Model for Canada (E3MC) to meet growth in electricity demand, aggregate electricity generation is also expected to increase substantially, by about 12% from 2011 to 2020, with fuel mix changes as generation increases. As Table A.2.5 illustrates, the proportion of generation coming from wind power and other renewable sources is expected to increase from 2005 to 2020, starting at only about 0.3% in 2005 and reaching 4.5% of total generation by 2020. In addition, the proportion of natural-gas-fired generation is projected to be 60% greater than 2005 levels.

Government actions, such as the introduction of the Electricity Performance Standard, will cause fuel switching in the overall electricity generating portfolio. As noted above, it is expected that natural-gas-fired generation will increase 60% over its 2005 levels by 2020 because of its appeal as a relatively cleaner source of power generation and a reliable means to cover peak loads. The lower natural gas price also makes it an attractive choice. Coal and petroleum coke generation are projected to fall from 18% of the generation in the Canadian portfolio in 2005 to 9.5% in 2020.

Click here to view Table A.2.5 – Electricity generation by fuel, terawatts per hour (TWh)