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surface of the coal. The coal
can be taken, while still wet,
to a thermal plant, burned,
and the metals recovered
from the ash.’’

A similar process could be
used to remove cyanide and
thiocyanates from. the
Caroline Gold Mill which has
recorded cyanide levels of

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800 parts per million (PPM)
in effluents while permissable
levels are only one to two
PPM. Fadl is now filtering
mill effluents in her SFU
Jaboratory and initial ex-
periments show that the coal
captures about 85 per cent of
the cyanide.

Another promising ap-
plication for coal filters is in
oil processing, an industry in-
famous for injecting a toxic

for

field hockey

THE CANADIAN Women’s
Field Hockey Association
will be holding a= special
Olympic Dinner to honor the
memebers of Canada’s
women’s Olympic team. Date
for the dinner is May 4, with
cocktails being served at 6:30
p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m.
It is being held at the Royal
Vancouver Yacht Club, 3811
Point Grey Road, Van-
couver. Ticket prices are $35
adult and $25 students. All
proceeds go to the Olympic
field hockey team.

Last year the Canadian
women’s national team shot
to international prominence
when they finished second at
the World Championships in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Earlier this year, the team’s
success was rewarded with an
invitation to be one of six na-
tions competing for Olympic
medals at Los Angeles (July
29 to August 12).

To honor the individual ef-
forts that comprise the team
results, the dinner will see the
CWFHA present Olympic
rings to the B.C. residents
who have been selected to the

Olympic squad. Master of
Ceremonies for the evening
will be Steve Armitage of
CBC Sports, while the guest
speakers will be Dr. Bob
Hindmarch, Chef de Mission
for the Canadian Olympic
team in Sarajevo, and
Marina van der Merwe, the
Canadian national women’s
team coach.

For information and
tickets call 288-3838 or the

B.C. Women’s Field Hockey
Association at Sports B.C.
687-3333.

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fuel oil byproduct,
vanadium, into the environ-

ment. The twist is that
Canada currently imports
about 200,000 pounds of

vanadium each year for use
as an alloy in the manufac-
ture of steel. Coal could
again be used to recover this
toxic element and the
vanadium used to lessen our
reliance on imports.

Fadl says the overwhelm-

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ing success of research using
coal filters, not only here but
with similar processes in
Japan, makes it difficult to
understand why Canadian
governments have -been so
reluctant to fund test projects
to determine economic
feasibility. The choice bet-
ween continuing to pollute
the environment and
developing a new and
positive use for coal would

B13 - Sunday, May 6, 1984 - North Shore News

Successtul research with coal filters

appear to be simple but Fadl
believes the game of politics
is responsible for the stall

‘‘There are patents of 24
years standing by a 73-year-
old inventor from White
Rock which apparently give
him rights to 100 million tons
of Hat Creek coal for 21
years to be used for purposes
other than thermal power
generation. He claims this
right was granted in 1966 but

it seems both the federal and
provincial governments are
willing to tolerate needless

pollution rather than agree to

some kind of settlement with
the patent holder. Discus-
sions have been going on for
years to resolve the stalemate
and it’s most discouraging to
be in the position of depen-
ding on the United States, via
the EPA, to complete
research on a process

developed in Canada.’’

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