Suska Coal Mine
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Suska Coal Mine is a cancelled coal mine in Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Suska Coal Mine | Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada[1] | 55.4833363, -122.3688553 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancelled | – | – | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | Surface | Open Pit | – | 50* | * |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | – | – | – | Subbituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Glencore PLC[2] | Glencore PLC [100%] | Switzerland |
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
The Suska Coal Mine Project was a former proposed mine located between Tumbler Ridge and Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada. It was first explored by Cline Mining as early as 2005.[3]
In 2012, Xstrata Coal (which was absorbed by Glencore in 2013) acquired the project property from Cline Mining and combined the project formerly known as "Lossan" with neighboring First Coal tenements to create an expanded open-cut coal project, now known as the Suska project.[4]ref>Glencore Xstrata – the birth of a mining monster, London Mining Network, October 2013.</ref>
A partnership formed by JX Nippon Oil & Energy and Xstrata planned to invest $35 million on a preliminary study of the Suska coal project in eastern British Columbia.[5][3]
While the project still appears on Glencore's Resources and Reserves report, there have been no public updates on its progress in several years.[6] As such, the project is presumed to be cancelled.
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240309012132/https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/documents/p80041/100715E.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 09 March 2024.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 MINFILE Record Summary MINFILE No 093O 050, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Accessed March 2025.
- ↑ Xstrata terminates review of First Coal mine project, Transmission hub March 22, 2012.
- ↑ Suska coal project studied by JX Nippon Oil & Energy and Xstrata Coal partnership, Coal Watch, May 15, 2012.
- ↑ Glencore Resources and Reserves Report 2023, Glencore, Accessed March 2025.
