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:
The award is given by Mine Safety Appliances Company as a memorial to the founder John T. Ryan. [1] [2]
Year | Company | Mine | City/Town | Province |
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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 Inco Limited Ontario Rio Algom Limited | Frood Mine Copper Cliff South Mine Stanleigh Mine | Sudbury Copper Cliff Elliot Lake | Ontario Ontario Ontario |
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 Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Sigma Mines (Quebec) Ltd. | - The H.B. Mine The Sigma Mine | Barraute Salmo Bourlamaque | Quebec British Columbia Quebec |
1961 | Quebec Lithium Corporation Sullivan Consolidated Mines New Calumet Mines Limited Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Waite Amulet Mines Limited | - - - The H.B. Mine Waite Amulet Mine | Barraute Sullivan Calumet Island Salmo Noranda | Quebec Quebec Quebec British Columbia Quebec |
1959 | Johnson’s Company New Calumet Mines Limited Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada | The Thetford Mines Plant - The H.B. Mine | Thetford Mines Calumet Island Salmo | Quebec Quebec British Columbia |
1958 | Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Belleterre Quebec Mines Ltd | The H.B. Mine The Belleterre Mine | Salmo Beleterre | British Columbia Quebec |
1957 | Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited Canadian Johns Manville Company | The Bluebell Mine The Munroe Mine | Riondel Matheson | British Columbia Ontario |
1956 | Canadian Johns Manville Company | The Munroe Mine | Matheson | Ontario |
1955 | Dickenson Mines Ltd. | The Dickenson Mine | Balmertown | Ontario |
1954 | Waite Amulet Mines Limited Cochenour Willans Gold Mines, Ltd McKenzie Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. | Waite Amulet Mine Cochenour Willans Mine McKenzie Red Lake Mine | Noranda Cochenour McKenzie Island | Quebec Ontario Ontario |
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 |
Year | Company | Mine | City/Town | Province |
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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 Little Narrows Gypsum Company | Rocanville Division - | Rocanville Little Narrows | Saskatchewan Nova Scotia |
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 Westmin Mines | K1 Mine Premier Gold Project | Esterhazy Stewart | Saskatchewan British Columbia |
1989 | PotashCorp Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. International Minerals & Chemical Corporation Cameco Little Narrows Gypsum Company | Rocanville Division Allan Division K2 Mine Rabbit Lake Operation - | Rocanville Allan Esterhazy Rabbit Lake Little Narrows | Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Nova Scotia |
1988 | PotashCorp Obed Mountain Coal Company | Rocanville Division - | Rocanville Hinton | Saskatchewan Alberta |
1987 | Equity Silver Mines Fundy Gypsum Company Canadian Gypsum Company | - - Hagersville Mine | Houston Windsor Hagersville | British Columbia Nova Scotia Ontario |
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 Little Narrows Gypsum Company | K-2 Mine - | Esterhazy Little Narrows | Saskatchewan Nova Scotia |
1983 | Fundy Gypsum Georgia-Pacific Corporation Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mining | Windsor Mine River Denys Mine Rocanville Division | Windsor River Denys Rocanville | Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Saskatchewan |
1982 | Potash Company of America | Patricia Lake Mine | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan |
1981 | Flintkote Holdings Canada Cement Lafarge | - Steep Rock Quarry | Flat Bay - | Newfoundland Manitoba |
1980 | Potash Company of America | Patricia Lake Mine | Saskatoon | Saskatchewan |
1979 | Potash Company of America Newfoundland Mineral | Patricia Lake Mine Oval Mine | Saskatoon Conception Bay South | Saskatchewan Newfoundland |
1978 | Fundy Gypsum Company Canada Cement Lafarge Limited Plant | - - | Windsor Steep Rock | Nova Scotia Manitoba |
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 |
Year | Company | Mine | City/Town | Province |
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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. Prairie Mines & Royalty Limited Prairie Mines & Royalty Limited | Brule Mine Genesee Operations Paintearth Mine | Tumbler Ridge Warburg, Alberta Forestburg, Alberta | British Columbia Alberta Alberta |
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 Luscar Limited Quinsam Coal Corporation | Sheerness Mine Genesee Operation - | Hanna Warburg Campbell River | Alberta Alberta British Columbia |
2003 | Luscar Limited Luscar Limited N.B. Coal Limited | Paintearth MineM Genesee Operation - | Forestburg Warburg Minto | Alberta Alberta New Brunswick |
2002 | Luscar Limited Quinsam Coal Corporation | Poplar River Mine - | Coronach Campbell River | Saskatchewan British Columbia |
2001 | Luscar Limited | Sheerness Mine | Hanna | Alberta |
2000 | N.B. Coal Limited Fording Coal Limited | - Genesee Operations | Minto Warburg | New Brunswick Alberta |
1999 | N.B. Coal Limited Fording Coal Limited Forestburg Collieries (1984) Ltd., | - Genesee Operations Paintearth Mine | Minto Warburg Forestburg | New Brunswick Alberta Alberta |
1998 | N.B. Coal Limited Fording Coal Limited Forestburg Collieries (1984) Ltd., | - Genesee Operations Paintearth Mine | Minto Warburg Forestburg | New Brunswick Alberta Alberta |
1996 | 1996 Fording Coal Limited Forestburg Collieries (1984) Limited Forestburg Collieries (1984) Limited Manalta Coal Limited | Genesee Operations Sheerness Mine Paintearth Mine Vesta Mine | Warburg Hanna Forestburg Halkirk | Alberta Alberta Alberta Alberta |
1995 | Fording Coal Limited New Brunswick Coal Limited | Genesee Operations - | Warburg Minto | Alberta New Brunswick |
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. & Precambrian Shield Resources Ltd. | Kipp Mine | - | 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 | Algamated 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 |
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