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Elkview dryer incident to cost Teck 200 000 t of coal output

26th January 2018

By: Henry Lazenby

Creamer Media Deputy Editor: North America

     

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VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – Canadian diversified miner Teck Resources said on Thursday that a "significant pressure event" that had interrupted operations in the coal dryer at its Elkview mine, in British Columbia, will cost the company about 200 000 t of coal output this year.

The Vancouver-based miner has informed the market that a preliminary damage assessment has determined that repairs to the dryer may take four to six weeks.

In the interim, Elkview is producing higher-moisture steelmaking coals at about 80% of planned output levels.

In order to manage the overall moisture level of its product, Teck is coordinating production with its other operations in the Elk Valley, and blending the higher-moisture coal with dry finished coal inventory and dry coal from other operations to the extent possible.

Costs of repair to the dryer are expected to range between C$5-million and C$10-million.

Edited by Samantha Herbst
Creamer Media Deputy Editor

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