John T. Ryan Trophy
{{Short description|Awards to mines in Canada}}
{{primary|date=February 2020}}
John T. Ryan Trophies are awards of excellence presented by Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) to a mine in a given category which experiences the lowest accident frequency during the previous year in all of Canada. Three national trophies are given each year, one to a metal mine, a coal mine and one to a select mine. An award is also given out to the mine with the lowest accident frequency in each of the following regions:
- Quebec and East
- Ontario
- Prairies and Northwest Territories
- British Columbia and Yukon.
The award is given by Mine Safety Appliances Company as a memorial to the founder John T. Ryan.{{cite web | title=John T. Ryan Trophies|url=https://www.cim.org/en/Services/CIM-Awards/John_T_Ryan.aspx| accessdate=2018-01-02 }}{{cite web | title=John T. Ryan Trophies-Conditions|url=https://www.cim.org/en/Services/CIM-Awards/John_T_Ryan/Conditions | accessdate=2018-01-02 }}
Award winners
=Metal Mines=
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! Year{{cite web | title=John T. Ryan Trophies-Past Winners|url=https://www.cim.org/en/Services/CIM-Awards/John_T_Ryan/PastWinners| accessdate=2018-01-02 }} !! Company !! Mine !! City/Town !! Province | ||
| 2014
shared |Barrick Gold Cameco Corporation |Williams Mine McArthur River Mine |Marathon Saskatoon |Ontario Saskatchewan | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2013
|Xstrata Copper |Kidd Operations |Timmins |Ontario | ||
| 2012
|Xstrata Zinc |Brunswick Mine |Bathurst |New Brunswick | ||
| 2011
| Vale Inco || Thompson Mine and Birchtree Mine || Thompson || Manitoba | ||
| 2010
| Cameco || McArthur River Mine || Saskatoon || Saskatchewan | ||
| 2009
| Vale Inco|| Copper Cliff North Mine || Copper Cliff || Ontario | ||
| 2008
| Vale Inco|| Copper Cliff North Mine || Copper Cliff || Ontario | ||
| 2007
| CVRD Inco|| Copper Cliff North Mine || Copper Cliff || Ontario | ||
| 2006
| Inco Ltd. || Garson Mine || Garson || Ontario | ||
| 2005
| Inco Ltd. || Birchtree Mine || Thompson || Manitoba | ||
| 2004
| Kinross Gold Corporation || New Britania Mine || Snow Lake || Manitoba | ||
| 2003
| Cogema Resources Inc. || Cluff Lake Mine || Saskatoon || Saskatchewan | ||
| 2002
|Noranda-Falconbridge || Société Minière Raglan || Rouyn-Noranda || Quebec | ||
| 2001
|Cameco Corporation || Rabbit Lake Operation || Saskatoon || Saskatchewan | ||
| 2000
|Cameco Corporation || McArthur River Mine and Key Lake Mine || Saskatoon || Saskatchewan | ||
| 1999
| Cogema Resources Inc. || Cluff Lake Mine || Saskatoon || Saskatchewan | ||
| 1998
| TVX Gold Inc || New Britannia Mine || Snow Lake || Manitoba | ||
| 1997
|TVX Gold Inc. || New Britannia Mine || Snow Lake || Manitoba | ||
| 1996
|Placer Dome Canada Limited || Detour Lake Mine || Timmins ||Ontario | ||
| 1995
|Placer Dome Canada Limited || Detour Lake Mine || Timmins || Ontario | ||
| 1994
|Cominco Ltd. || Polaris Operation || Polaris || Northwest Territories | ||
| 1993
|Echo Bay Mines Ltd. || Lupin Operations || Lupin || Northwest Territories | ||
| 1992
|Cominco || Polaris || Polaris || Northwest Territories | ||
| 1991
|Falconbridge Limited || Kidd Creek Division || Timmins || Ontario | ||
| 1990
|St. Andrew Goldfields Limited | | ||
| |Matheson | Ontario | |
| 1989
|Inco Limited | ||
| 1988
|Les Mines Selbaie | | ||
| | Joutel | Quebec | |
| 1987
|Minnova Inc. || Division Lac Shortt || Chapais|| Quebec | ||
| 1986
|Falconbridge Limited || East Mine Complex || Falconbridge || Ontario | ||
| 1985
|Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. || No. 1 Mine || Timmins ||Ontario | ||
| 1984
|Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. || No. 1 Mine || Timmins || Ontario | ||
| 1983
|Les Mines d’Or Kienna Limitée | | ||
| | Val-d'Or | Quebec | |
| 1982
|Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. || No. 2 Mine || Timmins || Ontario | ||
| 1981
|Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. || No. 1 Mine || Timmins || Ontario | ||
| 1980
|Texasgulf Canada Limited || Kidd Creek No. 1 Mine Underground Mine and Open Pit || Timmins || Ontario | ||
| 1979
|Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Limited || Chisel Lake and Ghost Lake mines || Snow Lake || Manitoba | ||
| 1978
|Texasgulf Canada Limited || Kidd Creek No. 1 Mine Underground Mine and Open Pit || Timmins || Ontario | ||
| 1977
|Texasgulf Canada Limited || Kidd Creek No. 1 Mine Underground Mine and Open Pit || Timmins || Ontario | ||
| 1976
|Texasgulf Canada Limited | | ||
| | Timmins | Ontario | |
| 1975
|Texasgulf Canada Limited | | ||
| | Timmins | Ontario | |
| 1974
|Texada Mines Ltd. | | ||
| | Gillies Bay | British Columbia | |
| 1973
|Campbell Chibougamau Mines Limited ||The Main Mine and Cedar Bay Mine || Chibougamau || Quebec | ||
| 1972
|Mattagami Lake Mines Ltd. | | ||
| | Mattagami | Quebec | |
| 1971
|Texada Mines Ltd. || Texada Island Operation || Gillies Bay || British Columbia | ||
| 1970
|Lake Dufault Mines Limited | | ||
| | Noranda | Quebec | |
| 1969
|International Minerals & Chemical Corp. (Canada) Ltd. || K-1 Plant || Esterhazy ||Saskatchewan | ||
| 1968
|International Minerals & Chemical Corp. (Canada) Ltd. || K-1 Plant || Esterhazy ||Saskatchewan | ||
| 1967
|Potash Company of America | | ||
| | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan | |
| 1966
|International Minerals & Chemical Corp. (Canada) Ltd. || K-1 Plant || Esterhazy ||Saskatchewan | ||
| 1965
|Gaspé Copper Mines Limited | | ||
| | Murdochville | Quebec | |
| 1964
|Gaspé Copper Mines Limited | | ||
| | Murdochville | Quebec | |
| 1963
|Gaspé Copper Mines Limited | | ||
| | Murdochville | Quebec | |
| 1962
|Quebec Lithium Corporation | ||
The H.B. Mine The Sigma Mine | Barraute Salmo Bourlamaque | Quebec British Columbia Quebec |
| 1961
|Quebec Lithium Corporation | ||
- - The H.B. Mine Waite Amulet Mine | Barraute Sullivan Calumet Island Salmo Noranda | Quebec Quebec Quebec British Columbia Quebec |
| 1959
|Johnson’s Company | ||
| 1958
|Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada | ||
| 1957
|Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited | ||
| 1956
|Canadian Johns Manville Company || The Munroe Mine || Matheson || Ontario | ||
| 1955
|Dickenson Mines Ltd. || The Dickenson Mine || Balmertown || Ontario | ||
| 1954
|Waite Amulet Mines Limited | ||
| 1953
|The Canadian Malartic Company || Cdn. Malartic Gold Mines Ltd. || Malartic || Quebec | ||
| 1952
|The Canadian Malartic Company || Cdn. Malartic Gold Mines Ltd. || Malartic || Quebec | ||
| 1951
|The Canadian Malartic Company || Cdn. Malartic Gold Mines Ltd. || Malartic || Quebec | ||
| 1950
|Sigma Mines (Quebec) Ltd. || The Sigma Mine || Bourlamaque || Quebec | ||
| 1949
|Matachewan Cons. Mines, Ltd. || The Matachewan Mine || Matachewan || Ontario | ||
| 1948
|Toburn Gold Mines Ltd. ||The Toburn Mine || Kirkland Lake || Ontario | ||
| 1947
|International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd || Levack Mine || Levack ||Ontario | ||
| 1946
|International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd || Levack Mine || Levack ||Ontario | ||
| 1945
|International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd || Garson Mine || Garson ||Ontario | ||
| 1944
|The Stadacona Mine (1944), Ltd. || - || Rouyn ||Quebec | ||
| 1943
|Omega Gold Mines, Ltd. || The Omega Mine || Larder Lake ||Ontario | ||
| 1942
|Omega Gold Mines, Ltd. || The Omega Mine || Larder Lake ||Ontario | ||
| 1941
|Chesterville Larder Lake Gold Mining Co. || The Chesterville Mine, Ltd. || Kearns || Ontario |
=Select Mines=
| class="wikitable"
|+ John T. Ryan National Trophy for Select Mines Winners | |
| 2011
| Canadian Gypsum Company || Windsor Plant || Windsor || Nova Scotia | |
|---|---|
| 2010
|a Rio Tinto/Harry Winston Diamond Corporation joint venture || Diavik Diamond Mine || Yellowknife || Northwest Territories | |
| 2009
|PotashCorp || New Brunswick Division || Sussex || New Brunswick | |
| 2008
| BHP Billiton Diamond Mines|| Ekati Diamond Mine || Yellowknife || Northwest Territories | |
| 2007
|Mosaic Potash Esterhazy Limited Partnership || K1 Mine || Esterhazy || Saskatchewan | |
| 2006
|PCS Potash || NB Division || Sussex || New Brunswick | |
| 2005
|Little Narrows Gypsum Company || - || Little Narrows || Nova Scotia | |
| 2004
|PCS Potash || NB Division || Sussex || New Brunswick | |
| 2003
|Fundy Gypsum Company | | |
| | Windsor | Nova Scotia |
| 2002
|Luscar || Poplar River Mine || Coronach || Saskatchewan | |
| 2001
| Georgia-Pacific Inc. Canada || Gypsum Operations ||Port Hawkesbury || Nova Scotia | |
| 1999
| Fording || Mildred Lake Operations || Fort McMurray || Alberta | |
| 1998
|PotashCorp || Rocanville Division || Rocanville || Saskatchewan | |
| 1997
|PotashCorp || Rocanville Division || Rocanville || Saskatchewan | |
| 1996
|PotashCorp || Rocanville Division || Rocanville || Saskatchewan | |
| 1995
|PotashCorp | |
| 1993
|International Minerals & Chemical Corporation || -|| Esterhazy || Saskatchewan | |
| 1992
|Little Narrows Gypsum | | |
| | Little Narrows | Nova Scotia |
| 1991
|Fundy Gypsum Company | | |
| | Windsor | Nova Scotia |
| 1990
|International Minerals & Chemical Corporation | |
| 1989
| PotashCorp | |
| 1988
|PotashCorp | |
| 1987
|Equity Silver Mines | |
| 1986
|Potash Company of America ||Patricia Lake Mine || Saskatoon || Saskatchewan | |
| 1985
|International Minerals & Chemical Corporation || K-2 Mine || Esterhazy || Saskatchewan | |
| 1984
|International Minerals & Chemical Corporation | |
| 1983
|Fundy Gypsum | |
| 1982
| Potash Company of America ||Patricia Lake Mine || Saskatoon || Saskatchewan | |
| 1981
|Flintkote Holdings | |
| 1980
|Potash Company of America ||Patricia Lake Mine || Saskatoon || Saskatchewan | |
| 1979
|Potash Company of America | |
| 1978
|Fundy Gypsum Company | |
| 1977
|International Minerals & Chemical Corporation || - || Esterhazy || Saskatchewan | |
| 1976
| Texasgulf Canada || - || Timmins || Ontario | |
| 1975
|Pine Point Mines | | |
| | Pine Point | Northwest Territories |
| 1974
|Fundy Gypsum | | |
| | Windsor | Nova Scotia |
| 1973
|Georgia-Pacific Corporation || Gypsum Division || River Denys || Nova Scotia | |
| 1972
|Pine Point Mines | | |
| | Pine Point | Northwest Territories |
| 1971
|Fundy Gypsum || Miller’s Creek, Wentworth & Hantsport Operations || Windsor || Nova Scotia | |
| 1970
|Little Narrows Gypsum | | |
| | Little Narrows | Nova Scotia |
=Coal Mines=
| class="wikitable"
|+ John T. Ryan National Trophy for Coal Mines Winners | ||
| 2011
| Teck Coal Limited || Coal Mountain Operations || Sparwood || British Columbia | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010
| Sherritt International || Genesee Mine || Warburg || Alberta | ||
| 2009
| Sherritt International || Sheerness Mine || Hanna || Alberta | ||
| 2008
|Western Canadian Coal Corp. | ||
| 2007
| Elk Valley Coal || Greenhills Operation || Elkford || British Columbia | ||
| 2006
| Luscar Limited || Genesee Mine || Warburg || Alberta | ||
| 2005
|Luscar Limited || Paintearth Mine || Forestburg || Alberta | ||
| 2004
|Luscar Limited | ||
| 2003
|Luscar Limited | ||
| 2002
|Luscar Limited | ||
| 2001
|Luscar Limited || Sheerness Mine || Hanna || Alberta | ||
| 2000
|N.B. Coal Limited | ||
Genesee Operations | Minto Warburg | New Brunswick Alberta |
| 1999
|N.B. Coal Limited | ||
Genesee Operations Paintearth Mine | Minto Warburg Forestburg | New Brunswick Alberta Alberta |
| 1998
|N.B. Coal Limited | ||
Genesee Operations Paintearth Mine | Minto Warburg Forestburg | New Brunswick Alberta Alberta |
| 1996
|1996 Fording Coal Limited | ||
| 1995
|Fording Coal Limited | ||
| 1994
|Fording Coal Limited || Greenhills Operation|| Elkford || British Columbia | ||
| 1993
| Fording Coal Limited || - || Wabamun || Alberta | ||
| 1991
| Curragh Resources Inc || Westray Coal Division || New Glasgow ||Nova Scotia | ||
| 1990
|Smoky River Coal Limited || Mine No. 1765 || Grande Cache ||Alberta | ||
| 1986
|Smoky River Coal Limited || Mine No. 1765 || Grande Cache ||Alberta | ||
| 1988
|Smoky River Coal Limited || Mine No. 1765 || Grande Cache ||Alberta | ||
| 1989
|Smoky River Coal Limited || Mine No. 1765 || Grande Cache ||Alberta | ||
| 1985
|Westar Mining Ltd. || Balmer Operations || Sparwood ||British Columbia | ||
| 1984
|Cape Breton Development Corporation || Donkin-Morien Mine || Cape Breton Island ||Nova Scotia | ||
| 1982
|Petro-Canada Exploration Inc. & | ||
| | Alberta | ||
| 1978
|McIntyre Mines Limited | | ||
| | Grande Cache | Alberta | |
| 1977
|McIntyre Mines Limited | | ||
| | Grande Cache | Alberta | |
| 1976
|McIntyre Mines Limited | | ||
| | Grande Cache | Alberta | |
| 1975
|Kaiser Resources Limited || The Michel Colliery Operation || Sparwood || British Columbia | ||
| 1974
|Kaiser Resources Limited || The Michel Colliery Operation || Sparwood || British Columbia | ||
| 1973
|Kaiser Resources Limited || The Michel Colliery Operation || Sparwood || British Columbia | ||
| 1972
| Century Coals Limited || Atlas Mine || East Coulee || Alberta | ||
| 1971
|Kaiser Resources Limited || The Michel Colliery Operation || Sparwood || British Columbia | ||
| 1970
| Charter Coals Limited || Century Coals Limited || East Coulee || Alberta | ||
| 1969
| Charter Coals Limited || Century Coals Limited || East Coulee || Alberta | ||
| 1968
| Kaiser Coal Co. Ltd. ||Michel Colliery || Michel || British Columbia | ||
| 1967
| Charter Coals Limited | | ||
| | East Coulee | Alberta | |
| 1966
| Charter Coals Limited ||Atlas Mine || East Coulee || Alberta | ||
| 1965
|Star-Key Mines Ltd. || - ||St. Albert || Alberta | ||
| 1964
|The Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company ||Michel Colliery Limited || Michel || British Columbia | ||
| 1963
| Century Coals Limited || Atlas Mine || East Coulee || Alberta | ||
| 1962
|The Crow’s Nest Pass Coal Company ||Michel Colliery Limited || Michel || British Columbia | ||
| 1961
| Comox Mining Company Limited || T’Sable River Mine || Union Bay || British Columbia | ||
| 1960
| Amalgamated Coals Limited || The Western Monarch Mines || East Coulee || Alberta | ||
| 1959
|Old Sydney Collieries, Ltd || The Princess Colliery || Sydney || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1958
|Dominion Coal Co. Ltd || No. 25 Colliery || Gardiner Mines || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1957
| Coleman Collieries || The McGillivray Mine || Coleman || Alberta | ||
| 1956
| Canadian Collieries Resources ||The Foothills Mine || Foothills || Alberta | ||
| 1955
|Dominion Coal Co. Ltd. || No. 4 Colliery (Caledonia) || Glace Bay || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1954
| Dominion Coal Co. Ltd || No. 18 Colliery (New Victoria) ||New Waterford || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1953
| Dominion Coal Co. Ltd || No. 18 Colliery (New Victoria) ||New Waterford || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1952
| Dominion Coal Co. Ltd || No. 18 Colliery (New Victoria) ||New Waterford || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1951
| Dominion Coal Co. Ltd || No. 18 Colliery (New Victoria) ||New Waterford || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1950
|Old Sydney Collieries, Ltd || The Princess Colliery || Sydney || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1949
|Old Sydney Collieries, Ltd || The Princess Colliery || Sydney || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1948
|Dominion Coal Co. Ltd. || No. 4 Colliery (Caledonia) || Glace Bay || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1947
|Dominion Coal Co. Ltd || No. 2 Colliery || Cadomin || Alberta | ||
| 1946
|Dominion Coal Co. Ltd || No. 25 Colliery || Gardiner Mines || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1944
|Dominion Coal Co. Ltd || No. 25 Colliery || Gardiner Mines || Nova Scotia | ||
| 1942
|Dominion Coal Co. Ltd || No. 25 Colliery || Gardiner Mines || Nova Scotia |