The Upper and Lower Jaw of Kennedy's Muskrat

So Jerome Kennedy has become such an expert on the Lower Churchill - he cannot find anyone educated enough on the subject to debate with him.

Delusional! Minister Kennedy does not have the guts to debate the proposed deal on Muskrat with anybody unless that person is chosen by him and in an environment set up by him.

As for no special debate in the House of Assembly - well that's just laughable.

The mouths that are now government never stopped yapping when demanding a full debate on Voisey's Bay and the Inco deal. That is a non-renewable resource - the massive hydro power potential in Labrador is a renewable resource. It is also a resource in its own right as a river.

Kennedy has not answered the legitimate questions on this development and he has not begun to deal with the entire Churchill - Upper and Lower. It is all connected and each development will have an impact on the other.

2041 remains floating - with Kennedy blowing the hot-air to keep it up where people cannot see it.

Markets, Costs, Alternatives, Long-term employment, Labrador benefits, energy requirements, and privatization remain grey areas of speculation.

The costs to our people - particularly the coming generations is outrageous and renders them used in the same way our generation has been with the Upper Churchill fiasco.

If you want to push this mess of a deal - do so for real reasons and tell us what they are.

If you want this deal - stand and debate it.

Don't hide behind a cloak of innuendo, rhetoric, insults and delusions of superior knowledge or intelligence. 

I don't like the cut of your jib - so show us the cut of your jaw in debate. A maul mouth you have proven - but wisdom you have not.

What does the Star say?

A blogger says that CVRD is going to speed up the smelter/refinery in Long Harbour - and that he found that info in the Toronto Star.

The article he refers to says this:

And the company has a study underway on building a processing plant for Voisey's Bay in Labrador. In a deal with the Newfoundland and Labrador government, Inco committed to build the plant by 2011, and CVRD has said it is trying to speed that up.

And there was no mention in Sue's Blog that CVRD would be looking to build a second Processing Plant.

CVRD - 2007 investment release says little about Voisey's Bay

This is the latest discussion from CVRD on Voisey's Bay.
This was taken from their 2007 Investment Outline released yesterday. They plan to spend 6.3 billion on various projects - I could not find a dollar amount related to Voisey's Bay.

The Release is 8 pages long and this is the only reference to Voisey's Bay:

Voisey’s Bay, a nickel sulphide project at the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, began operations in September 2005, and is currently concluding its ramp up process, producing nickel concentrate processed at the smelters of Sudbury and Thompson. A study to build a processing plant is underway.

I did notice they are spending significant research dollars in the non-ferrous sector (this includes nickel) and of note they are testing a hydro-met process for a copper processing potential.

For the complete Release PRESS HERE

A mistake or a sign of things to come?

CVRD the company that purchased INCO has an interesting philosophy that Labradorians may be interested in.
Currently they are in contract negotiations with workers in Sudbury and:
Below you will find a Sue's Blog post from last week.
Now the Resource Invester Online

says this:
CVRD is in the detailing phase for the plant at Voisey's Bay and is considering investments at the Thompson mine in Manitoba, as well as PT Inco in Indonesia.

This quote from a story in the Northern Life

Management from Xstrata and CVRD made it clear after they successfully completed historic deals to take over Falconbridge and Inco, respectfully, last summer and fall they would work together to cut costs at Sudbury operations, said Grylls.

Most of the speculation has been over lowering transportation costs and processing ore at facilities closer to their respective mines.

Will CVRD look to Labrador as a possibility for the processing facility?

Is CVRD looking at Labrador ???

CVRD the company that purchased INCO has an interesting philosophy that Labradorians may be interested in.
Currently they are in contract negotiations with workers in Sudbury and:

This quote from a story in the Northern Life

Management from Xstrata and CVRD made it clear after they successfully completed historic deals to take over Falconbridge and Inco, respectfully, last summer and fall they would work together to cut costs at Sudbury operations, said Grylls.

Most of the speculation has been over lowering transportation costs and processing ore at facilities closer to their respective mines.

Will CVRD look to Labrador as a possibility for the processing facility?