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Poplar River Mine

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 Location:
13 NE from Coronach, Saskatchewan, Canada

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

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Dragline
Production Start...
Mine Life2030
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

Source: p. 10, 13
CompanyInterestOwnership
Westmoreland Mining LLC (WML) 100 % Indirect
Currently, Poplar River 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 Poplar River Mine is a 7,488 Ha. surface strip mine located in South Central Saskatchewan near the Town of Coronach. The mine operates two active pits and supplies lignite coal to the two generating units at the Poplar River Generating Station which is owned and operated by Saskatchewan Power Corporation. The mine has been supplying coal to the station since 1978.

Coal is uncovered using the two draglines (2 – BE 2570W). The exposed coal is hauled from the pits to a loadout and then railed 20 kilometres to the generating station. Current annual production of the mine is 3.3 million tonnes.

Topsoil Removal
Prior to mining through an area, all of the topsoil is salvaged. Cat 637G scrapers remove the topsoil, taking it to a stockpile for use later or directly replacing it on an active reclaim area nearby. The primary job of the scrapers is topsoil salvage and replacement. The Poplar River Mine currently has 3 scrapers.

Overburden Removal
Everything below the topsoil and above the coal is called overburden. Overburden is removed by our two Bucyrus Erie 2570-W draglines. Lot 15 was commission in 1979, and was the 15th BE2570-W to be built. It is the brown and tan dragline. Lot 38, the orange and white dragline, was commissioned in 1982 and was the 38th BE2570-W to be built. Each dragline works in its own pit, several kilometers away from each other. Draglines operate by removing the overburden above a new strip of coal and “sp ........


Crushing and Grinding


Processing



Production:

CommodityUnits2021 *2020 *2019 *20172016
Coal (thermal) Mt  ......  Subscription required *  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required3.33.6
Heat ContentBTU/lb5,7715,758
Sulfur%0.990.990.990.99
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal. * Average annual production reported in 2019
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics201720162015
Annual mining capacity 3,850 k tons of ROM coal4,100 k tons of ROM coal4,100 k tons of ROM coal
Coal tonnes mined 3,587 k tons of ROM coal3,926 k tons of ROM coal

Reserves at December 31, 2017:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven 45,001 k tons Coal (thermal)


Pipelines
TypeMaterialDiameterLengthDescription


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

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Staff:

EmployeesYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Form 10-K 2017
Form 10-K 2016
Form 10-K 2015
Form 10-K 2014
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