Thursday, October 25, 2007

Franklin G.T. Pickard

1933--1996
"A miner's miner" What's that mean?
Sudbury native--worked up from laborer to President and CEO at Falconbridge.
There you go.

"Larger than life personality"

Craig mine sudbury.
Voisey's Bay nickel.
Raglan in Quebec. etc;

From 1950s--
Metallurgical engineer.
moved from menial to smelting.

1975 Became chief metallurgical engineer in Toronto.

Global: Big Falconbridge Chile project.

Aboriginal: Raglan mine--Northern Quebec inuit--made historic agreement--
gave lots of work to them.

Environment? Well it says here.

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