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Poplar River Mine

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Poplar River Mine

Location: 13 km NE from Coronach, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Access from Highway 607, Box 599
Coronach
Saskatchewan, Canada
S0H 0Z0

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Dragline
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotPoplar River Mine’s coal load out facility, one of the few mines in Canada with their own railway.

Production from the 7 Poplar River Mine supplies the two generating units at Saskatchewan Power Corporation’s Poplar River Generating Station which utilizes cleaner, state-of-the-art electrically-powered equipment.

On Jan. 15-16, 2025, the Government of Saskatchewan made one of the largest policy direction changes in decades, announcing that instead of shutting down coal-fired power generation by 2030, it was looking to rejuvenate it for decades to come.

Westmoreland Coal Company became a privately held company on March 15, 2019. The company has not publicly reported 2018-2020 Poplar River Mine production data.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Westmoreland Mining LLC (WML) 100 % Indirect
The Poplar River mine is owned by Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC. Westmoreland Mining LLC conducts its Canadian coal operations through Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC.

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits202420232022202120202019201720162015
Coal (thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3.3 *3.3 *3.6 *3.4 *
Heat ContentBTU/lb5,7715,7585,773
Sulfur%0.990.990.990.990.99
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal. * Production numbers were reported as 'Average annual'

Operational metrics

Metrics201720162015
Coal tonnes mined 3,587 k tons3,926 k tons
Annual mining capacity 3,850 k tons of ROM coal4,100 k tons of ROM coal4,100 k tons of ROM coal

Production Costs

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Personnel

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