Cardinal River Operations

The Cardinal River mine is located approximately 42 kilometres south of Hinton, Alberta. Prior to 2003 the mine was owned by Luscar and CONSOL, each of which retain a net revenue royalty of 2.5 percent based on any coal mined from the Cheviot pit and certain other former Luscar properties.

In 2005, Teck Coal completed the development of the Cheviot Creek pit located approximately 20 kilometres south of the Cardinal River coal plant. Coal mined at Cardinal River is primarily metallurgical coal, although a small amount of thermal coal is also produced. The current annual production capacities of the mine and preparation plant are 2.0 and 3.0 million tonnes of clean coal, respectively.

At 2009 production rates, Cardinal River is expected to have a mine life of approximately 27 years.

Last updated: March 2010