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Sheerness Mine

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 Location:
170 NE from Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  Address:
Highway 36
Box 2020
Hanna
Alberta, Canada
T0J 1P0
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Overview

StageReclamation
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline
Production Start...
Westmoreland announced the impending closure of Paintearth and Sheerness Mines on Jan. 13 2021. In a joint statement with Heartland Generation, Westmoreland said that with the pending transition from coal to natural gas conversion at the power plant, Westmoreland would have no choice but to close.


Owners

Source: p. 4
CompanyInterestOwnership
Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC (PMRULC) (operator) 100 % Direct
Westmoreland Mining LLC (WML) 100 % Indirect
Currently Sheerness mine is owned by Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC. Westmoreland Mining LLC conducts its Canadian coal operations through Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC.

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline


Summary:

The Sheerness Mine is a 7,000 Ha. surface strip mine located in South Central Alberta south of the Town of Hanna. The mine operates two active pits and supplies sub-bituminous coal to the two generating units at the Sheerness Generating Station which is owned by TransAlta Utilities and ATCO Power and operated by ATCO Power. The mine has been supplying coal to the station since 1984.

Coal is uncovered using the two draglines (1 – BE 1300; 1 – Page 736). Current annual production of the mine is 3.3 million tonnes.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing


Summary:

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


Production:
Production has been stopped in March 2021.

CommodityUnits2021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) Mt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2.83.23.12.8
Heat ContentBTU/lb7,0887,0137,249
Sulfur%0.50.540.50.5
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Coal tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2.5 Mt of ROM coal2,825,853 t of ROM coal3,499 k tons of ROM coal3,455 k tons of ROM coal
Annual mining capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required4,000 k tons of ROM coal3,638 k tons of ROM coal
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Reserves at December 31, 2017:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven 16,759 k tons Coal (thermal)
Probable 3,021 k tons Coal (thermal)
Proven & Probable 19,780 k tons Coal (thermal)



Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2020:
HME TypeModelQuantity
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Staff:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
................................... Subscription required 2021
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Other 2018
Form 10-K 2017
Form 10-K 2016
Form 10-K 2015
Form 10-K 2014
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