SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Dated June 21, 2004
Fording
Canadian Coal Trust
(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)
Suite 1000, 205-9th Avenue SE
Calgary, Alberta Canada T2G 0R4
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F ______
Form 40-F ___X___
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This report furnished on Form 6-K shall be incorporated by reference into each of the Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933 of the registrant.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
FORDING CANADIAN COAL TRUST
June 21, 2004
By: /s/ James F. Jones
James F. Jones
Corporate Secretary
Exhibit Index
The following is a list of Exhibits included as part of this Report on Form 6-K.
Description of Exhibit
Number
Press Release entitled "Fording Provides Synergies Update"
Exhibit 99
June 21, 2004
Via Edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE:
Fording Canadian Coal Trust File NO. 1-15230
Form 6-K Report dated June 21, 2004
Dear Sir or Madam:
On behalf of Fording Inc. transmitted herewith for filing under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is the Company's Report on Form 6-K.
Yours truly,
James F. Jones
Corporate Secretary
Attachments
For Immediate Release
FORDING PROVIDES SYNERGIES UPDATE
CALGARY, June 21, 2004 – Fording Canadian Coal Trust (TSX: FDG.UN, NYSE: FDG) today announced that it has received the final opinion report of the independent expert in respect of the synergies of Elk Valley Coal Partnership for the coal year ending March 31, 2004. The report indicates that sufficient synergies have been realized such that the Trust's interest in the partnership would be reduced to 60% effective April 1, 2004.
The Trust and Teck Cominco are reviewing the report. If either partner does not accept the conclusions contained in the report, any outstanding dispute is to be settled by arbitration. Accordingly, the actual change in the Trust's ownership of the partnership will not be finalized until this review process is completed.
Fording Canadian Coal Trust is an open-ended mutual fund trust. Through investments in metallurgical coal and industrial minerals mining and processing operations, the Trust makes quarterly cash distributions to unitholders. The Trust, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fording Inc., holds a 65% ownership interest in the Elk Valley Coal Partnership and is the world's largest producer of the industrial mineral wollastonite. Elk Valley Coal Partnership, comprised of Canada's senior metallurgical coal mining properties, is the world's second largest exporter of metallurgical coal, capable of supplying approximately 25 million tonnes of high-quality coal products annually to the international steel industry.
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For further information contact:
Catherine Hart
Coordinator, Investor Relations
Fording Canadian Coal Trust
Ph. 403-260-9817
Email: catherine_hart@fording.ca