In addition to Teck’s technology teams throughout our sites and offices, our technical expertise is also organized and operated out of three separate centres: CESL, Applied Research and Technology (ART), and the Product Technology Centre (PTC). Learn more about the role each one plays in providing technical expertise across our business and beyond:
CESL Limited (CESL)
Location: Richmond, British Columbia
Number of employees: 46
Manager: Keith Mayhew
Focus areas:
- Providing technical support to our operations including managing, constructing and operating bench and pilot-scale plants
- Working on corporate and site initiatives to evaluate technical initiatives, develop operational strategies, inform cost estimates, and reduce scale up risks
- Overseeing development of proprietary hydrometallurgical technology, offering an environmentally superior method for treating concentrates
Applied Research and Technology (ART)
Location: Trail, British Columbia
Number of employees: 40
Manager: Rob Stephens
Focus areas:
- Working with business units to characterize orebodies, develop and test processing options
- Identifying, evaluating, and supporting the implementation of technologies to improve performance and decrease operating costs
- Designing and testing innovative solutions to potential environmental impacts
Product Technology Centre (PTC)
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Number of employees: 8
Manager: Graeme Anderson
Focus areas:
- Supporting Toronto metal sales in securing and maintaining customers for Trail metal products through technical services related to metal end uses, including: material selection, expert analysis of customer product or process-related problems, and the application of technologies for product/process improvement
- Addressing technical issues of concern or interest to refined metal customers and end use industries through a research and development programs
