Greenhills Operations

The Greenhills mine is located eight kilometres northeast of the community of Elkford, in southeastern British Columbia. The mine site is comprised of 11,806 hectares of coal lands of which approximately 2,265 hectares have been mined or are scheduled for mining.

Greenhills is operated under a joint venture agreement (the “Greenhills Joint Venture Agreement”) among Teck Coal, POSCO Canada Limited (“POSCAN”) and POSCAN’s parent, POSCO. Pursuant to the agreement, Teck Coal has an 80% interest in the joint venture while POSCAN has a 20% interest. 

Coal mined at Greenhills 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 (on a 100% basis) are 4.0 and 4.5 million tonnes of clean coal, respectively.

Production is derived from the Cougar South pit. Proven and probable reserves at Greenhills are projected to support mining at 2009 production rates for a further 25 years.

Last updated: March 2010