HD Mining, the Vancouver-based company that in early October sparked controversy and legal actions with its plan to bring up to 2,000 Chinese miners for its proposed $300 million coal mine, won’t replace all of its foreign workers by Canadians at least until 2026.
Coal is likely to overtake oil as the world's main source of energy in the next five years, with potentially devastating effects in the environment, says the International Energy Agency (IEA).