success of canadian copper company

Main – “The inability of nationalist sentiments to find effective instruments of control for export industries…strengthened the development of industries in the industrial nation at the expense of the fringe areas.”

INTRODUCTION

The history of Sudbury, Ontario is inevitably intertwined with that of its mineral extraction. In the days before INCO came to dominate the region’s principal resource, many unsuccessful attempts were made at establishing productive mining companies. Between the discoveries of the abundant ore deposits in 1883, to the merger creating International Nickel in 1902, the Canadian Copper Company acquired the largest mines of the Sudbury basin. How did it succeed? What made the CCC rise above the competition to dominate the area? The following shall account for the success of the Canadian Copper Company, from its inception in 1885, to the International Nickel merger in 1902. Said account shall be provided for by detailing the discovery of the basin’...