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Coal Valley Mine

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 Location:
61 km SW from Edson, Alberta, Canada

  Address:
Highway 40 / Range Road 201A
Box 6780 Edson, AB, T7E 1V2
Edson
Alberta, Canada
T7E 1W1
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline
Production Start...
The Coal Valley Mine has a nominal capacity of 3.0 million tons of annual production for thermal coal export.

Westmoreland Coal Company became a privately held company on March 15, 2019.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC (PMRULC) (operator) 100 % Direct
Westmoreland Mining LLC (WML) 100 % Indirect
Westmoreland Mining Holdings (LLC) subsidiary Prairie Mines and Royalty owns the Coal Valley mine near Edson, Alta.

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

The bituminous thermal coal at Coal Valley is mined from three distinct coal seams, which are found within a 270 metre stratigraphic interval. One of the seams is characterized by fine clay and sandstone partings within the seam, and varies in thickness from 7.9 to 10.7 metres. The other seams range in thickness from 2.4 to 6.7 metres.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline


Summary:

The Coal Valley Mine is a 20,660 Ha. surface mine located in West Central Alberta south of the Town of Edson in the Foothills of Alberta. The mine operates both truck/shovel and dragline pits and utilizes a dragline for coal removal. The mine exports bituminous coal to customers in Japan and Korea as well as some domestic coal. The area has a long history of mining and the Coal Valley Mine was opened in 1978 to supply coal to Ontario Hydro and for overseas export.

Coal is uncovered using the two draglines (1- Page 752LR; 1 – M7450) and two truck/shovel fleets.

Dragline Operation
Since inception CVM has utilized a large walking dragline for overburden stripping. This dragline is well suited to moving large volumes of overburden from shallow coal seams at an economical cost. A limitation of the machine is the depth of digging and the operating radius which can move the overburden only within the distance of the swing radius. The low operating cost of this unit makes this a favored mining method but it is suitable only in specific mining circumstances.

The dragline (Page 752LR) is used only in the part of the mine where the terrain is suitable for dragline operations. The dragline removes the overburden above the coal and places it on un-mined land adjacent (on both sides) to the initial cut. The exposed coal is loaded with backhoes haul trucks and delivered to the Plant.

A smaller walking dragline (Marion 7450) works in advanc ........


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

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Production:
The mine has been in care and maintenance since June 2020 to August 2021.

CommodityUnits2022202120202019201820172016
Coal (thermal) Mt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required222.2
Heat ContentBTU/lb10,80010,800
Sulfur%0.30.30.3
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202220212020201920182017
Coal tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required944,187 t4,419,393 t3,835,552 t3,801,690 t
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required1,283,228 t4,170,779 t3,861,203 t3,861,217 t
Coal washing plant annual capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required4 Mt4 Mt
Annual mining capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,500 k tons
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Reserves at December 31, 2017:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven 4,859 k tons Coal (thermal)
Probable 5,899 k tons Coal (thermal)
Proven & Probable 10,758 k tons Coal (thermal)


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Heavy Mobile Equipment:
HME TypeModelQuantityRef. Date
Dozer (crawler) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Apr 14, 2014
Dragline ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Dec 31, 2020
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Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Dec 31, 2020
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Truck (dump) Dec 31, 2020
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Other 2018
Form 10-K 2017
Other 2017
Form 10-K 2016
Other 2016
Form 10-K 2015
Environmental Assessment 2014
Form 10-K 2014
Other 2014
Project Description 2006
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