Stellarton Coal Mine

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Stellarton Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stellarton Coal Mine	Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada	45.5647505315899, -62.6729649908837 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1996	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	0.2	2017	Surface	Open Pit	1.2	65	190*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
1.1	–	–	Pictou	Subbituminous	Thermal	Trenton Generating Station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Pioneer Coal	Nova Construction [100.0%]	Canada

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

Stellarton Coal Mine is surface reclamation coal mine in the town of Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. Stellarton Mine was the only operating coal mine in Nova Scotia until the Donkin Mine reopened in 2017.

The property where Stellarton mine is located is said to have been unusable before Pioneer Coal began mining there. This is because through the operations of the surface coal mine, tunnels made over 200 years of pick-and-shovel mining were removed, allowing for future land development. (Hence why Stellarton Mine is known as a "reclamation mine site.")

In 2014, Pioneer Coal submitted a proposal to blast at the mine site in able to access an 11-foot-thick seam of coal underneath rock about 30 feet thick, however, the plan was met with opposition. Because Pioneer Coal's initial Environmental Assessment approval prohibited blasting, an amendment to the EA would have been required, which Pioneer Coal chose not to pursue.

In 2017, Donald Chisholm, president of Nova Construction (which is the parent company of Pioneer Coal), stated that mining would continue at Stellarton for 2017, 2018, and possibly a portion of 2019. He noted that after that, underground mining would have to be considered, which Pioneer Coal isn’t interested in pursuing. While slated to retire in 2019, the mine's closure has yet to be confirmed.

• Operator: Pioneer Coal
• Owner: Pioneer Coal
• Location: Pictou, province of Nova Scotia, Canada
• Coordinates: 45.5648, -62.6730 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year:
• Production capacity (Mtpa): 0.2
• Total reserves (Mt): 1.1
• Coal type: Subbituminous
• Mine type: Surface
• Mine size (Km2):
• Workforce size:
• Primary consumer:
• Source of financing:

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