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Sheerness Mine

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Sheerness Mine

Location: 170 NE from Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Address:

Highway 36
Box 2020
Hanna
Alberta, Canada
T0J 1P0

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusClosing / Closed
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Dragline
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Sheerness Mine, with 7,000 hectares now under reclamation, traditionally supplied up to 3.4 million tonnes annually of production to the two-unit 780-MW Sheerness Generating Station over 32 years.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC (PMRULC) (operator) 100 % Direct
Westmoreland Mining LLC (WML) 100 % Indirect
The Sheerness mine is owned by Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC. Westmoreland Mining LLC conducts its Canadian coal operations through Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC.

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

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Mining Methods

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

Summary:

The exposed coal is hauled directly from the mine to the generating station.

Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2.52.83.23.12.8
Heat ContentBTU/lb7,0887,0137,249
Sulfur%0.50.540.50.5
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2.5 Mt2,825,853 t3,499 k tons3,455 k tons
Annual mining capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,000 k tons of ROM coal3,638 k tons of ROM coal3,638 k tons of ROM coal

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Workforce

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