Elkview Operations 

The Elkview mine is an open pit coal mine located approximately three kilometres east of Sparwood in southeastern British Columbia. Teck Coal has a 95% partnership interest in the Elkview mine. The remaining 5% is held equally by Nippon Steel Corporation and POSCO, a Korean steel producer, each of which acquired a 2.5% interest in 2005 for US$25 million.

The mine is comprised of 27,054 hectares of coal lands of which 3,599 hectares have been mined or are scheduled for mining.

The coal produced is a high-quality mid-volatile hard coking coal. Lesser quantities of lower grade hard coking coal are also produced. The mine has a current production capacity of approximately 5.6 million tonnes of clean coal and the preparation plant has a capacity of 6.5 million tonnes per year of clean coal.

At 2009 production rates, the Elkview mine is estimated to have a remaining reserve life of approximately 55 years.

Last updated: March 2010