OTTAWA — A new poll shows that most Albertans support the mining of steelmaking coal in the province, as Canada’s steel industry continues to get hammered by U.S. sectoral tariffs .

The province-wide poll, conducted in July and August by Janet Brown, shows that six in 10 Albertans believe that Alberta should allow the mining of steelmaking coal. Support rises to 74 per cent when mining companies show they can protect waterways and the environment.

Respondents were more than 10 times more likely to say they supported the mining of coal for steelmaking than for the generation of heat and electricity.

The poll was commissioned by Northback Holdings , the Australia-based proponent of the Grassy Mountain steelmaking coal project in southwest Alberta.

Brown told National Post that her fi

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