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Cardinal River Mine

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Cardinal River Mine

Location: 39 km S from Hinton, Alberta, Canada

Regional Office:

Suite 1500, 550 Burrard Street
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
V6C 0B3

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusClosing / Closed
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Cardinal River operation ceased mining operations in June 2020. It has since transitioned into active closure, with an ongoing focus on post-closure reclamation.

Active closure includes the responsible decommissioning of site facilities and infrastructure, final land reclamation, and, where required, remediation activities.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Posco Group Inc. 3 % Indirect
Nippon Steel Corp. 20 % Indirect
Glencore plc. 77 % Indirect
On January 1, 2024, in connection with the Steelmaking Coal Business Unit Transactions Teck Resources completed an internal reorganization of the steelmaking coal business unit to align all steelmaking coal assets, including Teck Coal Partnership and Elkview Mining Limited Partnership, under a newly organized Elk Valley Mining Limited Partnership (EVM LP).

On January 3, 2024, Teck completed the NSC and POSCO Transactions, with NSC and POSCO acquiring a 20% and 3% interest, respectively, in EVM LP. Following the NSC and POSCO Transactions, EVM LP now holds a 100% interest in all of the steelmaking coal operations and Teck holds a 77% interest in EVM LP, with NSC and POSCO holding the remaining 20% and 3%, respectively.

On July 11, 2024, Teck Resources Limited completed the sale of its remaining 77% interest in the steelmaking coal business to Glencore plc. Teck received total cash proceeds of US$7.3 billion, subject to customary closing adjustments.

Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits20172016
Coal (metallurgical) Mt 1.3 1.3
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics20192018201720162015
Annual mining capacity 2 Mt 2 Mt 2 Mt 2 Mt 2 Mt
Coal washing plant annual capacity 3.5 Mt of clean coal 3.5 Mt of clean coal 3.5 Mt of clean coal 3.5 Mt of clean coal 3 Mt of clean coal

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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