Asbestos Corporation Limited (ACL) is a Canadian corporation originally established to mine
asbestos. ACL mainly open pit mined
chrysotile asbestos in Thetford Mines, Quebec. It is no longer involved in asbestos mining, but as a subsidiary of Mazarin Inc it continues to exist to exploit the minerals contained in its
tailings
In mining, tailings are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore. Tailings are different to overburden, which is the waste rock or other material that overli ...
in Thetford Mines as well as restoring and developing its land holdings.
The company faces multiple ongoing lawsuits regarding its former asbestos operations.
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Companies listed on the NEX Exchange
Mining companies of Canada
Companies based in Montreal
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