Responding to the industry's domestic environmental requirements has helped to foster environmental expertise in Canada and to export this expertise. For example, Canadian-based consulting, engineering and environmental technologies and service companies are enjoying rapid international growth in South America and elsewhere. Television probably wouldn't turn you on without the 35 minerals and metals required to make it work. Without barite, there would be no tube. Lead is required to manufacture the glass for the screen while rare earths give the colours their richness.
Mining strikes a vital note in the music industry as well.
Vibrating magnets lend quality to the sound produced by your speakers. Aluminum is found in compact discs while brass, a copper-zinc alloy, is used in a wide variety of instruments such as trumpets and trombones. Historical Development Construction of a gas pipeline from Alberta to Quebec began in 1956. In 1930, Canada became the world's second largest gold producer. Ontario Refining Co. Ltd. In 1945, Dominion Magnesium Ltd. was the first company in Canada to produce calcium commercially.