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Coal Valley Mine

Location: 61 km SW from Edson, Alberta, Canada

Address:

Highway 40 / Range Road 201A
Box 6780
Edson
Alberta, Canada
T7E 1W1

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Dragline
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Coal Valley Mine produces thermal coal for export.

As of 2025, Prairie Mines applied to extend its Pit 26 site in Coal Valley by an additional 68 hectares, including construction of three dump sites and an effluent settling pond. The expansion also involves the removal of a pond outlet channel and relocation of any fish in the channel.

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
Coal Valley Mine is owned by Westmoreland Mining's subsidiary Prairie Mines and Royalty.
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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.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

The mine has been in care and maintenance since June 2020 to August 2021.
CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal (thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2.3222.21.9
Heat ContentBTU/lb10,80010,80010,800
Sulfur%0.30.30.30.3
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,419,393 t3,835,552 t3,801,690 t4,281,750 t
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4,170,779 t3,861,203 t3,861,217 t4,023,731 t
Coal washing plant annual capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4 Mt
Annual mining capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2,500 k tons2,500 k tons4,000 k tons

Production Costs

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Personnel

Mine Management

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Workforce

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