HD Mining International Ltd.: Steelworkers

United Steelworkers Dept: The union released a report Wednesday that suggests HD Mining International Ltd. -- the firm developing the proposed Murray River mine near Tumbler Ridge -- has ownership links to the government in China, where workers receive low wages in unsafe conditions, according to CTV. Steve Hunt, Western Canada director for the Steelworkers' union, said Wednesday the union found little evidence of the company's mining operations in China and vICTORIA -- The United Steelworkers says it has dug up what it calls close ties between the Chinese government and the reportedly privately-run coal mine in northeastern British Columbia embroiled in a foreign-worker controversy. A union report titled Who Owns Huiyong Holdings and other Questions on Planned Chinese-Owned Coal Mines in B.C. examines the ownership of Huiyong Holdings Group, which owns Huiyong Holdings BC Ltd., and holds 55 per cent of HD Mining. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.